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Testament
Testament

James Robert “Bobby” Fultz
St. Elizabeth Medical Center
Edgewood, Kentucky

I came home from St. Louis to the news that my Uncle Bobby had passed away in hospice. It was expected, his lungs and heart had been diagnosed as too weak to function a few weeks prior. Although sad, to me there was a bit of relief to hear that he had passed away, as in his final weeks there was a bit of suffering, for both him and his family.

Yesterday morning before his funeral, I got up and decided to edit an image of him for our family and post on Facebook as a small tribute to his life. There are a few things I wish I could have been able to do with my Uncle Bobby before he passed, one of which was that I could have done a photoshoot with him. His unique, aged features would have been a friend to the lens.

Uncle Bobby’s lightheartedness always kept the room uplifted with his joking around and complete lack of seriousness and the story behind this photo really tells the tale about who he was. My daughter Emily and I had gone to visit him with my Mom, and we asked if he minded if we took some pictures of him. He said he didn’t mind, but he felt that there was a possibility that our cameras would break. So, as one of us would start to take a picture he would be smiling and as soon as you pressed the shutter, he’d stop. Then when you brought the camera down from your face, he’d be smiling again. This went on, over and over and finally we gave up. He said, “Well, did you get anything good?” We were like, “Really? You wouldn’t smile for the camera.” And he’d say, “Yes I did.” And we all laughed. Most of the images Emily and I took of him were blurred because his mouth was moving. I did, however, get one, and although when I started editing it, I never thought I was going to post in on anything other than Facebook, but I thought it turned out pretty well and is a fitting tribute to a man who was not only my Uncle, but a good friend.

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Taken on: February 19, 2011
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Camera: Olympus E-500, f/4.1, 1/15 sec, 23mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Olympus E-500
Aperture: f/4.1
Exposure Time: 0.067 sec (1/15)
Focal Length: 23mm
ISO: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Center-weighted average
White Balance: Manual
Light Source: Tungsten (Incandescent)
Gain Control: High gain up
Contrast: High
Saturation: High
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: Uncalibrated
Software: Version 1.3
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