The Bright Side of Having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Every time I went on any vacation, I would enjoy most of my vacation from behind my camera lens. The number of photographs I take on any given day of a vacation are from 5,000-10,000. Just uploading them to a portable external hard drive each day is a real feat and you should see the size of my memory cards!

And, why, you might wonder, would I have to take so many photographs? Well, I'll tell you, I have an innate fear that if I don't capture everything I see, it will vanish and cease to exist. My trips are like a glimpse into other lives and timelines.

Over time, I have learned the great skill of laughing at myself. I started to see the absurdity of taking so many photos...now, when am I ever going to find the time to look through all these? Well, I'm finding the time. I'm finding the time right now. And, let me tell you, after looking through the photostreams of those who are taking photos of Paris every day, like Jacques Delaire, for example, I can't wait to get back there and take 100,000 more photos.

But, I also have an appreciation for the fact that these photos may not ever happen again, not just because there is something about street photography that captures a specific spontaneous moment of time but also because we're at a point now where I'm wondering if we'll ever truly get out of this pandemic and how much we've all changed since it started. There have always been economic and political anxieties world wide...but this pandemic has changed our brains in the way we consider reality and also mortality.

In another timeline, I am dancing in the streets of Paris with a wine glass in one hand and a beautiful cat in my arms. In that timeline, I'm with two friends I really care about and we're singing about stupid yet important things and it doesn't matter if we fall all over ourselves or on our faces. Because, we're together in Paris.

Check out Jacques Delaire's photostream here:

www.flickr.com/photos/155081845@N07/

**All photos are copyrighted in all timelines**

Taken on: August 3, 2019

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/14.0, 1/320 sec, 70mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

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