Learning to See

It was your first camera, a castoff
from your father, a thing of film
and mysterious dials,
a science experiment of trial and error,
learning by mistake, how to see.

That was forty years ago,
but the lessons remain,
how a slight change,
changes everything,

About this poem.

A long poem made short.

My first camera really was an Argus C3, the camera in the picture. And it really did teach me how I could change how I see, a skill that I use every day. And not just with my camera.

Tom