{"id":8552,"date":"2013-05-05T01:34:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-05T01:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/?p=8552"},"modified":"2013-05-04T15:38:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T15:38:05","slug":"story-telling-sunday-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/?p=8552","title":{"rendered":"Story Telling Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 2013 Picture the Precious<\/strong><\/p>\n

With thanks to Sian over at High in the Sky there will be wonderful stories to share right here<\/a> today.
\nWhat a great way to spend the UK Bank Holiday weekend; a cup of tea and a piece of cake? or maybe a cream tea? curled up with a few cosy stories. Much better than being stuck in the traffic or trying to get into my town…impossible on a Bank Holiday.<\/p>\n

Here’s mine.<\/p>\n

\"My<\/a><\/p>\n

It is the first thing that I have called my precious. Other things have had memories attached to them, and it is the memory that is precious to me. My camera is a precious thing that would be around my neck if \u2018the place caught fire\u2019
\nI have always loved looking at photographs.
\nMy father was an aerial photographer in the RAF; I grew up seeing the beautiful black & white portraits that he took of me as a very young child.
\nI don\u2019t remember him holding a camera although he must have done as we have many pictures he will have taken. Actually, as I type I do remember the dreadful feeling of embarrassment at having my picture taken and of him being annoyed with me for \u2018not smiling\u2019 Oh this practice of writing sure brings back some memories, and at the strangest times.
\nDad also loved to travel and everywhere he went he bought postcards that he put into an album\u2026 the first scrapbook I ever saw.
\nStrangely enough though I don\u2019t remember a camera at home. My brothers don\u2019t either so I have no old camera equipment but I do have a couple of those early scrapbooks.
\nMy precious then is my Canon EOS 500D (digital) SLR.
\nI take it everywhere, it used to live on top of my handbag but with growing confidence I hang it around my neck. The soft and stretchy strap is comfortable on my skin.
\nI love the feel of the camera in my hands; it fits perfectly and feels solid and safe. I never feel as though I will drop it.
\nThe sound of the shutter is so very satisfying, it almost clunks\u2026which is strange as the camera is digital, which I think of as silent\u2026
\nI have a few lenses now but my favourite is my 50mm, it lives on the camera because it is short, light and very portable.
\nMy camera enables me to pursue a hobby that I love, recording what I see, where we go and what we do. The good times and the not so good times, which are harder to record.
\nIt is here on my desk downloading the picture that I hope will be here\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

\"P1040614\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whatever you do this weekend I hope it makes you happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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