Is That The View-Finder or The Lens?by
777STANComment: It was just a dumb idea that turned out to be smart in many ways! How funny is that?
As I was looking at the many ways that
Perspective could be interpreted, "a wild hair" shot out of my brain and apparently landed "under my eye" as so many have been gracious to point out.
The comic genius of Red Skelton, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, and Eddie Murphy has been the ability to "play the fool" whether in character or in life in order to evoke laughter. I tried to imagine what it would be like for a person who was not particularly technology-savvy to encounter a digital camera for the first time.
"Hey, Kid, is this the part you look into or the part that takes the picture?"
I just held the camera out in front of me taking a bunch of photos by pointing the camera toward the side of my head, waiting for the little tone that "says" I'm in focus, and pushing the plunger so that a wonderful picture could explode onto my flashcard.
And there you have it...I am not the world's
BEST photographer, but I am one of the
most fearless who believes that
"Insanity usually makes great ART!!!!"Message edited by author 2006-07-19 04:12:14.