I’ve been bombarded lately with advertisements for a product that can save me all the expense and inconvenience associated with travel.
Sadly, it’s not a golden ticket valid for lifetime first-class journeys by plane, train, automobile and cruise ship, but a piece of software that promises to edit my digital photos allowing me to insert myself into any scene I like.
So, not only could I pretend to have been to the Taj Mahal when I was actually standing in my own backyard, I could insert myself into famous movies scenes if (although convincing somebody that it was Brett, not Rhett, Butler in Gone With The Wind may be a bit tricky).
The point is that as this kind of technology improve, it’s getting harder and harder to spot the real thing from the one prepared at home.
And that’s kind of a shame. Because, while travel certainly is about taking lots of pictures that you can fire off to your friends on social media and post on your blog, it’s mostly about the experience you have and how you enjoy it in the moment.
Putting yourself in the picture when you weren’t really there is a very strange thing to do — unless you’re just having a laugh.
