The problem seems to be in treating all photographs as art and thinking about what the camera is doing at all. I’ve been filming so much of my every day life since my kid was born and it’s never gotten in the way of actually being present. Sure, the videos are often pointed off to the side and very shaky, and the subject may not even be in frame at all, but it still sufficiently captures the moment to be worthwhile. We take these videos to preserve memories, not for whatever artistic value they may have.
The problem seems to be in treating all photographs as art and thinking about what the camera is doing at all. I’ve been filming so much of my every day life since my kid was born and it’s never gotten in the way of actually being present. Sure, the videos are often pointed off to the side and very shaky, and the subject may not even be in frame at all, but it still sufficiently captures the moment to be worthwhile. We take these videos to preserve memories, not for whatever artistic value they may have.
Came here to say something similar but you said it better. Both of them are missing the point, let them blog to death about it