Age, my stroke and advances in technology have changed travel photography for both Hubby and me. My spouse has considerable photo skills and used to think nothing of carrying a Nikon camera and several heavy lenses on a hike.
Whether urban “hiking” in San Francisco or taking on a challenging trail in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee or North Carolina, he was prepared to capture images of our experiences. He especially liked documenting landscapes, cityscapes, moving water and living creatures, including Homo sapiens.
Age and his determination to help me keep on enjoying travel post-stroke had eroded his inclination to carry heavy photography equipment.
Age and his determination to help me keep on enjoying travel post-stroke had eroded his inclination to carry heavy photography equipment.
Then we purchased an iPhone 8 for me. He fell in love. Or more accurately, in awe.
First he was surprised at the quality and versatility, not to mention the attraction of not carrying a lot of gear while having to shepherd me around.
He also voiced regret that we had not taken “selfies” of ourselves to remind ourselves we really were in St. Petersburg, Paris, Rome, Jerusalem, Cairo, etc.
He now borrows my phone frequently, and I have no complaints. He is quite willing to fill my requests for snapshots, even when it was of elk on the side of a mountain highway while he was driving.
Or even a "selfie"in our campsite in the Smokies where he had just fixed hot tea for me and coffee for himself and was ready to sit down in front of the campfire.
Hubby and Linda join the 'selfie' snappers (Photo by Hubby)
I think I may need to encourage Hubby to don his readers for the occasional selfie, though. Then, hopefully, he won’t have to squint to see if he actually has us in the frame.
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