[at-l] Why I don't take pictures

[shane at theplacewithnoname.com (Shane Steinkamp)]

> I often don't take pictures.  I Iearned this lesson one day
> while watching the ocean turn from dark blue to light blue
> to light gray to pink as the sun went down.  My friend Cindy
> spent the entire color-changing process locating her camera
> and taking the picture.  It's been nine years since I saw
> that happen.  I remember it.  Cindy doesn't.  She doesn't
> even know where the picture is.  I saw the whole 5 minutes
> of it and remember it like it was yesterday.  One day, I'll
> have the words to describe it. Sometimes things are better
> left to the "mind's eye" Especially if your a novice.

I will submit to you that this isn't a failure of either the equipment or
the hobby, profession, or art of photography.  Rather, it is the failure of
the photographer.  I am so familiar with my photography equipment that my
camera is almost invisible to me.  So much so that sometimes I FORGET to
take the picture...

Shane