For years it used to be
I would take my camera
with me wherever I went.
What I had in mind was
to take pictures of inter-
esting people and places
I would find.
Folks do that with their
smart phones in this day
and age. Mostly, it seems,
they only want to text or
talk every waking moment
of the day.
Sure wouldn’t want to miss
connections with friends
and family miles away.
The pictures folks take
now and again aren’t
all that good anyway.
Mostly, smart phone
cameras are used for
Selfies to document
where the user has been
on any given time and
place.
With the stand alone
camera it was aimed the
other way. The photogra-
pher was out to capture
the goings-on in the
greater world at large.
Used to be seen with
a camera around your
neck and people would
take you for either a
photo journalist or a
tourist.
Nowadays, given the
smart phone craze,
one doesn’t stand out
from any other self
absorbed technology
user walking or driving
down the street.
Excuse me, Sir, Ma’am,
are you on a limited
or unlimited 5G Plan?
Call me Old School, but
how friggin’ photo
artistically intriguing
is that anyway?
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Chris Hanch 3-20-21
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