Through the Camera Eye

So, today I went to a fireworks show, it being almost the 4th and all. I saw something that reminded me of a topic I've been wanting to cover for a while now - living your life through a camera lens. I walked around a little during the fireworks, and I would say about 75% of the people there were taking a video of the show. Now my question is WHY? Why would you sit there and video tape a fireworks show? I'm sure there're people that would watch it, but still. Why don't you put the phone down and, oh I don't know, maybe EXPERIENCE what you're seeing. Are you telling me you're going to go back in a few months and watch a bunch of videos of a fireworks show you went to? Sure, the cameras on phones are a hell of a lot better than they used to be, but that's still not as good as seeing it.

This happened at pretty much every concert I've been to recently. At one show I was in the balcony, and all I could see was a sea of cell phone screens on the floor, all video taping or recording the show. This is ridiculous, people. What happened to just living the things you do, instead of having to capture every moment on video, with pictures or audio recordings? Yeah, you're still there, still technically seeing it but the cell phone/camera is still taking away from that experience. You have this amazing brain that stores all this information, and you use it to take videos that you're never going to watch, or TONS of pictures that you're going to subject your friends to later. Save your friends some pain, do yourself a favor, and just live.