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merely talk

rantings and ravings with little cohesion and plenty of pretension

 

Say, Cheese!!!

Today I found a camera in my cereal. A free camera, with Tony the Tiger on it.

I remember back when I was a young lass begging my parents for a camera. My first camera was a Polaroid, given to me for Christmas when I was ten. It was pink and grey and beautiful. My parents had created a theme with my present that year, also giving me a photo album with 'Trolls' on the cover and film (my mom always tries to make themes with presents). That camera provided me with hours of entertainment, for many years. I still have all the pictures I took with it. My favourites are still the ones I took that first Christmas morning. My brother was so small!

Then a few years later, for my birthday, I was given one of those Adventex cameras that could take pictures in three different sizes. I think I had harassed my parents for a good 3 months for that one. It's the camera I took to Scotland and England. It went to Gambier Island in grade 12. It properly recorded most of my high school and junior high careers. I think I filled a good 3 or 4 photo albums with that one.

Of course 3 years ago(almost 4) my parents gave me a digital camera for my birthday. And I love it to bits. I barely look at my Adventex camera anymore, and I have no idea where my Polaroid ended up, I haven't seen it for years. I have hundreds of photos stored on my computer now, some I have had printed off, but most are on this machine I'm typing on now. I love that I can delete the one's that didn't work out, and see the shot immediately. It's all about the instant gratification really. I'm more bold with the digital camera too. I don't need to worry about wasting film at all, or light quality or anything. The freedom it provides is fantastic.

So maybe it is appropriate that they are now giving camera's away in cereal boxes. It's not like it actually came with film or anything. It really is just a camera. Yet, it simply strikes me as weird, that something I've always associated with being expensive and a privilege, is now on the same level as plastic rings and 3D glasses.

 

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