I am intrigued by how our eye functions vis-a-vis the lens: When we look at things, we may focus our vision. So by the hot dog stand at Millennium Park, I see The Bean standout in my view. By the outdoor art pieces nearby, I see what may be Roman columns in the background and its unusual architecture relative to the modern city. But my Samsung Galaxy Note has a dispassionate, mechanical eye, so its camera doesn't capture how well I saw The Bean and those columns. That's a fundamental lesson in photography: We must school our eyes into seeing how a camera sees things, not how we ourselves see things. Nonetheless for me the whole of it comprise my experience. Lesson or no lesson, I love looking at things, reflecting on them, and wondering about them.
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