The advent of the digital camera appears to have made everyone see everything as a potential photo shoot. We are no longer limited to 24 shots on a film, everyone can click away taking endless pictures of everything. I've seen people taking photos at the end or beginnings of church services, with no respect for the congregation. One thought that some specially arranged candles were set up as a photo opportunity rather than an aid to quiet contemplation before prayer. In a concert recently a couple of members of the audience kept bobbing up and down to photograph the musicians with flash at odd intervals throughout the performance. I also went to a wedding a while ago, and as the bride walked in to the room for the ceremony, all the guests turned round and rather than greeting her with smiles, held up their cameras and took pictures. It was an odd and rather disturbing sight. I've also seen lots of families on holiday where fathers instead of joining in, stand to one side and endlessly point camcorders at their brood, who then become self conscious.
Are we all in danger of never actually living important memories, being so busily tied up in recording them? As you stand aside with your camera, are you actually taking yourself out of the frame in more ways than one?
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