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“For Monday, will you please bring two film canisters to class?”
Back track to 2003, you’re sitting on the rug in your Grade 4 classroom, waiting for the bell to ring. Your teacher addresses the whole class and says, “for Monday, will you please bring two film canisters to class? We’ll be making maracas in music.” Later at home you ask your mother for two film canisters that you can use for school. She opens a drawer, takes two canisters from the generous pile and places them in your hands.
Back then film canisters weren’t so hard to find. When’s the last time you’ve seen one? Do you remember the last time you held one? I know that I can’t.
However, I do recall that in 2002 my family took a trip to the Niagara Falls. I can still remember the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not museum, as well as coming home with a neon pink wax replica of my hand. I also remember being constantly reminded to be careful with the pictures I took. There were only 24 exposures, each one very precious and my mother strongly believed that none should go to waste. With certain cameras, you wouldn’t be able to see how the pictures had turned out until the film was developed. Although today, we no longer have the issues of strategically using our exposures and waiting a week to find out that none of pictures turned out the way you thought. Cameras have been evolved similarly to how our demands have evolved. We live in an age where hearing about it is not enough, we need to see it. And we need to see it in the best megapixels possible.
We add great sentimental value to pictures because they are a reminder of the good, the bad and even the ugly. We relive our favourite memories through each photo. Some ways that people have “scrapbooked” their memories have been a 365 Days Project or something as simple as putting #100HappyDays on their Instagram photos. A friend of mine is currently working on a project called A Second Every Day. This is what she has so far:
With all things said, I want to take advantage of the technology of today and the opportunities I have. I want to capture everything I possibly can and I look forward to sharing it with you. I challenge you to do the same.
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