This is not a rant but more of an observation. Are we losing our ability to be natural. Gone is the time when a photograph freezes the reality for ever. Now the action sequence is frozen to be captured for posterity.
The most striking aspect of this was in a wedding I attended recently. Gone were the times where the vadhiyar maama held control. Every event in this wedding was coordinated by the camera men, video and still. There are those wires running around and they hold center stage. Even the thaali tying ceremony was controlled by these men with everyone waiting patient to get the pose right. I remember looking at the black and white photos of my parents wedding taken by my father's friend, a photo freak, at that time some good 40 years ago. You could see the same event of the mangalsutra tying with all the rice and flowers flying in. There was genuine smiles all around and you can almost dip your finger in and taste the happiness. Then there is other amazing photograph of Michael Jordan flying in from the 3 point line to dunk the ball and every one just looking up in amazement. Here everyone including yours truly were having this complete plastic smile.
We were looking like walking smileys! :-)
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