Bringing an iPad to life

Dinner is (almost) served
Delray Beach, FL
December 2019
This photo originally shared on Instagram

First light is an interesting concept. For astronomers, it is the first thing they see when they bring a brand new telescope to life.

So you can imagine they put a lot of thought into where they want to focus before they flip the switch. Meaning and history and lore and all that good stuff.

Photographers have, ah, borrowed the concept of first light, and we apply it to the first photo we take with a new camera. For example, when I brought my new Nikon home a few years ago, my wife was my first light. It remains one of my all-time favorite photos.

No surprise, as she's my all-time favorite person. But I digress.

I replaced my old, rather dead iPad recently, and then promptly forgot that the new one has a nifty camera on it.

Unlike the DSLR, where I agonized over what to shoot for first light, the iPad's camera was brought to life with much less fanfare.

Our kids love these little hot dogs in blankets, especially because kosher ones are really hard to find around here. So when my aunt and uncle ordered deli one night, it seemed like the perfect way to remember a perfect moment with folks who mean the world to us.

On the surface, this may seem like a silly way to mark first light. But it makes me smile.

And it makes me wish we had more moments just like this one, sitting around the kitchen table, eating happy food, sharing happy stories.

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