My father spent a long time time taking pictures with his slide camera. He mysteriously twiddled the dials scowling at the settings. You had to stand there for quite some time before he would actually snap the picture. Sometimes, his subjects did not cooperate despite his orders to "Keep still!".
This same day at the small amusement park, he saw 4 year old Lynn B petting the goat, very cute. But he took a long time getting things just right. Meanwhile Lynn had lost interest.
One in a series of pictures like this.
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I never gave it any thought. Father always took forever to take pictures. Always impressed with other people when they just pointed and shot and kept going.
It fit his personality. Got to try every combination of focus to get just the right one. No concept that people would not wait until HE was ready. Boy that fits!
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