Picture Taking

Life is odd. But perhaps it’s just me. I was thinking

About all the photos I have taken over the past

forty-years. In the old camera and film days, I

would snap the shutter like there was no tomor-

row.

I‘d take pictures of people, all varieties and sizes,

places from rural roads to jammed and fuming city

streets, things from flowers in bloom to dumpsters

overflowing. I spared no expense back in the film

and processing days.

I’ve hunted for shots of gold and was willing to pay

the price. Nowadays, in the age of megapixels, I can

take all the shots I want and it cost me no more than

the initial expense of buying a digital camera, no film

or processing involved.

Now here’s the odd part, I take far fewer photos today

than I took back in the day. Age and restricted mobility

may have something to do with my lessened production,

but maybe I just figure I’ve already taken most of the

things I set out to take in the first place.

Damn shame anyway, the cost factor, I mean. Had I

saved on film and processing earlier on, I may have

bought a more expensive camera. And when I was

ready to give up the photography, I may have passed

the camera on to someone who would enjoy it.

I could tell them, take as many pictures as you like,

and while you still can. That’s one fine and expensive

camera I’m giving you there, and it won’t cost you a

single penny to use it. Take the time, go places while

you can, and take as many pictures as you like.

I suppose one always pays in life, one way or another.

Chris Hanch  10-6-15