Cameras vs Smart phones
As an amateur photographer and a member of a professional
photography family, I find this title a little ridiculous, because cameras and
smart phones have no base for comparison but for the sake of the general
public, let’s keep this title.
So, back to Cameras and smart phones. A month or so ago I,
my photography family and colleagues took a train ride to Kaduna. As we all
know, the high-speed train just became active in some parts of Nigeria and as a
millennial and as someone who has never been to jand I have never been
on a train.
With excitement and the best photography gears there is in
Abuja, we headed to the station, got our tickets and were waiting to board. As
a photography family, we started our photo shoot, trying to capture the
interesting items, people and moments. Then as always in this part of the
world, the security agents approached us, they started with the security threat
boo-ha-ha and then privacy.
We explained to them that we were just freelance
photographers on a train trip, but they kept complaining and saying it was a
security threat. Now fellow Nigerians, let’s be reasonable, how can a terrorist
or a person with criminal intentions carry a DSLR Camera and a Zoom lens
around. Haba!! With smart phones these days, who needs a 2kg device to breach
security.
Who has seen the movie 13 hours; Me! Me!! Me!!! Remember the
part after a bloody gun battle between the mercenaries and the rebels, then a
teen showed up with a phone and was acting like he was trying to make a call,
little did they know he was taking their coordinates. the mercenaries thought
little of the act until they were hit the greatest.
And unto privacy, pls Nigerians, if you are in a public
place, Abeg, you no get privacy, and if you don’t want pictures of you taken,
kindly gesture a NO and we will let you be.
Anyways, we had a nice trip, took a couple of beautiful
shoots but were really stressed out because we had to explain ourselves to
security personnel and police officers at various stop points and stations.
If you have not taken the train ride, here are some of the
beautiful scenery. Enjoy.
Written by Favour Danjuma @agelessbeautyng
Photography: Wilson Otobo @bigwillzphotography for @picturethisnigeria
Photography : Jonah Ajigo @brookmatrix photography for @picturethisnigeria
