It is hard for us to wrap our heads around the idea that our camera, when it is used for the first time, is not yet our own.
When we bought our first camera, I didn’t understand how it could be our own. Now I have no trouble believing it. Now, it takes me back to my childhood, when I would sneak and peep in my parents’ eyes at lunch.
In the past, we would have to make an effort to take our first photos. We would have to look away from the camera while someone else took the picture. It would be our own eyes. Now we can look and look. It is actually a lot easier to capture your own image.
I know I’ve said this before, but I still like to be able to take pictures. It’s not that I’m lazy, it’s just that every time I took a photo, I would see the little camera I was holding up in front of me. It would make me feel insecure and I would always look away. It’s a very similar feeling to looking in the other direction when you’re using your phone.
It is very rare that we don’t use digital photos. We are always on the go and it is very easy to take pictures of our surroundings as we go about our day. Many of us take pictures of our work, our vehicles, our homes, and our friends too. But do you know what is the most expensive and most time consuming photograph you take? Your self. There are many reasons other than just time and money.
Photographers and other photo-makers take a lot of time and money. But when we take pictures of ourselves we are also taking pictures of how we have changed over the last three years. We are the people we were three years ago before we took the pictures. The most time consuming photograph is the one that we took as we walked by a store and our favorite store’s sign.
When we took our picture of ourselves we were taking photographs of how we looked in the past. This is in contrast to the people we are now. We are in the present moment and looking at how we are changing.
One of the most common questions we hear about photography is “do I take pictures of myself?” The answer is “usually no”. Because there is a lot of social media and websites that make us look like the photo we take is a picture of us, it makes it hard to see ourselves in all the pictures we take. Plus, some of these photos are taken from people we know, and this creates a bit of a “selfie” issue.
I know I was a little bit of a selfie guy growing up. In fact, I think I actually stole the idea from someone else. It’s like a photo of yourself where you have a camera on your face. You look at a picture of yourself and say, “Okay, that’s me.
I’m pretty sure I’ve used this “selfie” idea on more than one occasion. I remember one time I took a picture of myself and then uploaded it to my social media account because I was going to get a photo of my dog, and I didn’t want to have to walk the dog with my friend or I would have to do something embarrassing.