Why I Stopped Trusting My Phone’s Camera to Capture Ordinary Moments
Three months ago, I filmed my daughter feeding a squirrel in the backyard. It was unremarkable—brown fur, just a breeze through the trees, her mittened hand reaching out. But when I played it back, the video lacked quiet. The audio felt muffled. The colors were too warm, like someone dipped the footage in honey. I […]