A picture is definitely worth that many words-and most of the time...more.
I have a love-hate relationship with the digital age.
The pros: I can delete an image and immediately replace it with another if Mook's eyes were closed, or the angle made me grow four chins.
The cons: they tend to sit on my hard drive/memory stick and when I DO think to print them out, it costs me an arm and a leg because I will have 200+ in my shopping cart. Let's not even talk about when a computer crashes...
AND I tend to have a guilty conscience whenever I don't have some sort of photo-taking mechanism within my grasp at any given moment.....so many things to capture, so many moments to remember.
I have a lot of these great moments captured on "film"...but lately, I have found myself reaching for my camera less--partly because the moment is usually gone before I get my finger on the button! So I've been spending MORE time in those moments....hoping and praying my memory won't forget:
*Playing with the O-man on our bed where he giggled and he really focused on my face
*Watching the O-man pet and play with our lab and get a bath of licks and slobber
*Quietly observing Mook cuddle and talk with O-man about how much he loves him
While the picture may be blank....
...my heart is FULL.These are my perfect moments. See what others are sharing!
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I love this sentiment.
ReplyDeleteIf you can believe it, we didn't take a camera on our honeymoon, on purpose.
We wanted to LIVE it more than we wanted to capture it.
And I have no regrets about that.
Here's to full hearts.
I love this. My dad is a photographer and has lamented the invention of digital for a long time. He says that even though we take more pictures, most of these will be lost. I miss taking my roll down to the store and picking it up, sitting down to look through my stack of prints, mailing some off to a friend, and sticking some up on my bulletin board.
ReplyDeleteI love what you said about the moments we don't photograph. In some ways, I think those memories become dearer.
Very true. I have learned that it is very important to enjoy the moment more than capturing the moment. You seem to have learned it earlier than I did. Good for you!
ReplyDeleteThis is the second post I've read today that made me feel warm and fuzzy inside. What a great start to Monday. Thanks, JJ. This is a great post.
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I always torn. Do I grab the camera and hope I capture it on film before the moment passes? Or do I just enjoy and hope I will remember it? Sometimes I just enjoy the moment but when I go back and look at video or pictures from just a few months ago there I see that there are so many things, so many expressions of TK I have forgotten.
ReplyDeleteGreat post--a reminder to live life.
ReplyDeleteThis is something I've been thinking about a lot -- having this fancy digital camera, I put so much pressure on myself to always be taking a zillion photos. But I realized that, in all the downloading/cropping/retouching, etc, I'm missing all this precious REAL time with my little dude.
ReplyDeleteIt also helps to remember that back when I was a baby, my parents took a few rolls of film each year maybe. A tiny-tiny fraction of what I take now, and it was just fine. I treasure those photos. They were enough. But you can never get enoug actual, living memories.
I love this, JJ, and couldn't agree more. As much as I love to have photos of certain events, celebrations, and of course people, I realized a while back that when I'm all busy taking pictures, I don't really get a chance to see or experience what's happening. The latter is much better, even if you don't remember it specifically - because it feeds your heart and builds that connection.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this reminder to live mindfully.
Beautiful. Simply beautiful, JJ.
ReplyDeleteYou can miss a lot when you're behind the camera. I'm glad you got to experience those moments and share them with us.
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot of pressure to always take pictures. Being IN the moment is very important
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Got me thinking to leave my camera at home sometimes...
ReplyDeleteI have realized I often spend so much time fiddling with my camera, I often miss the 'moment.'
ReplyDeleteI love this post - you said it perfectly.
And thanks for the moon flower seeds! I just got them in the mail and they are going in the ground tomorrow. I so appreciate you thinking of me.
Absolutely. Amen sistah. Even with my love of photography I try my very best to see my life with both eyes wide open. Glad to know you do too.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree, great post.
ReplyDeleteI loved this post, because it's exactly how I feel lately...like I have so much to capture, but it means leaving the moment to lunge for a camera or camcorder etc and that means leaving my kiddos to do it, in the midst of that moment.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree...my heart and life and home is very full and my camera is not...at the moment. :)
Don't you worry, I'll take lots of pics while you are here even though I know we will always remember the trip. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm such a shutterbug these days, but I do try to make sure I don't miss the moment by attempting to capture it...
ReplyDeleteI love htis JJ.
ReplyDeleteI am a huge photography fan, but I too have noticed that lately, I would rather just be living the moment, and that isn't so terrible.
I totally understand this... It is a beautifully worded version of just how I feel when Jim does something beautiful, amazing, or just sweet.
ReplyDeleteI want to capture it all, but I also want to savor it.
Thank you for bringing the sentiment into focus...
This is a great post! Your 'blank' photo is simply beautiful. :)
ReplyDeleteI tell my sister to put down her camera and just enjoy. We don't need pictures of everything! We need to live a little.
ReplyDeleteA lovely post. I've tried so hard to balance both - the pictures as this record and the memories for me.
ReplyDeleteThis was a great post for me to read while suffering the broken camera blues.
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