Camera Magic

Cameras are a highlight to take on any vacation or trip. I once received a free wide angle lens camera and took it with me to the zoo—that was the most fascinating trip to the zoo ever. There is something magical about looking at the world with the goal of finding a piece of life that expresses a moment of beauty, horror, solitude, glory, triumph, or complete boredom. Being able to capture those snippets of emotion that intrigue a viewer is challenging to say the least.

We have speed shutters, zoom lenses, and wide angle lenses, but especially with the popularity of digital cameras growing, we need new shutters. For example, we could have accordion shutters. These would split the exposure of the film or digital feed into halves, thirds, fourths, or fifths. Accordion shutters would be perfect at the Dade County zoo! You could have the top third be the head of an elephant, the middle third be the body of a flamingo, and the bottom portion could be alligator feet, but it would all be taken from real live photos—none of that photoshop magic. Yes, I like the idea of accordion shutters. It could add a whole new dimension to photography. I thought a panorama lense was awesome—accordion would definitely top that.