Ten years ago I said that there would eventually be a tiny lens in someone’s baseball cap and a hard drive the size of a pack of cigarettes which would allow someone to shoot a video of their whole day at high-res. So I wrong about the delivery system as it turned out to be a pair of shades. It’s still a bit disappointing to see technology come out with something that can literally replace a skill which you’ve worked hard at for almost thirty years. Once upon a time photo re-touchers used airbrushes and were extremely talented and well paid for the service. Along came Photoshop and they all were unemployed. I rarely get paid to shoot pictures, but if someone has a file with over 70,000 pictures in it at the end of the day, can he fail to capture a few decisive moments along the way?

This guy wasn’t happy with me taking his picture but I think he knew that he was the future, and I was just the past…

©Matt Weber