Photo by L.G. Patterson

Assignment: Walking Downtown Columbia

The Location: 9th Street

Comments: “I have always told people that thekey to taking good photos is the photographer, not the camera.”

Now I am not sure that is true. It was Wednesday around noon when I sat down on the bench outside Shakespeare’s Pizza downtown, getting ready to meet a bunch of fellow photographers for lunch.My camera was sitting next to me when I noticed my monitor was on and I saw this image on the screen. I was struck by the symmetrical lines the bench created. I didn’t notice that visual balance, but my camera did. Without getting up, I just took some photos while my camera sat on the bench. I believe that the camera was showing me a photo that I was missing. It’s kind of unnerving to think that maybe the photos I take are actually because of the camera and not me.