I take pictures every day.
I know that sounds absurd.
What could be so interesting EVERY single day?
It is the little things that attract my attention.
Because I notice things around me and am always thinking.
It’s pretty simple to document the BIG events. The birthdays, Christmases, vacations, etc. But I am aware that it is in our most ordinary moments that we are most authentic.
The Moments are what we remember.
It is the little things.
Sometimes it’s just the perspective of that moment.
I have what I call "Mission Viejo Moments."
There are places in and around my neighborhood that are serene and beautiful in their ordinariness.
I wonder.. how many ordinary things in my life that I take for granted will I someday miss?
I will not miss my kids growing up. Changing. Just being.
I document their progress, their personal growth, the latest hairdo, their best friends. The things that are important to them today. In this moment.
This is why I always carry a loaded and charged camera with me.
I love my camera. (Olympus E-300 Evolt. 8.0 megapixels – -yeah, baby!)
I want to marry it. (sorry, Eric)
Is this just an old fear I carry around with me, like my camera bag?
Perhaps.
I just know that things change.
And I don’t mind change.
I just don’t want to miss it.
I love taking pictures too, but now I need to catch your scrap booking bug because I am thinking now what do I *do* with them all?!
Marti,I take loads of pictures too. My husband can’t stand it sometimes. I also feel that I need to record everyday things. This just occured to me– but maybe this has something to do with being Cuban. The fact that my family had very few pictures of our life in Cuba may have something to do with my obsession to capture every memory, no matter how mundane.
I think Maria makes an excellent point. While I think there are plenty of Non-Cubans obsessed with taking pictures, it makes perfect sense that we Cubans who lost pictures when we became refugees make up for them now.So let’s keep clicking away!
I think that losing pieces of an important part of childhood are what is driving me, yes. I have to agree, Amy. There’s so much that I wish I knew. Photos are the best way to preserve our present.
Another fact of wch Ive been ignorant all these years comes to light: I did NOT know you take pics every day. You made me LOL wanting to marry yr camera, but was Eric amused????? :>