August 22, 2010
"Uncle Jim, do you *always* have a camera?"
I was actually asked that by my 7 (?) year old nephew. I understand why he thinks that - at family events I'm pretty much always carrying around a camera. Why do I do it? Well, first off I love pictures. I love taking them, I love seeing them, I love the memories they trigger when I have not seen them in years. Another reason is if I'm not taking pictures, I'm don't think that I can trust anyone else to have brought their camera. I worst part is that has become a catch-22: because everyone else assumes that I'll bring a camera and will be taking pictures, they don't even bother.
I somehow have ended up becoming one of the family archivist, even for media that I never captured.
Don't get me wrong - I'll still happily take the pictures. If only to get the moments like this:
