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Pamela Osborne: More pics, please! Why I’m making an effort to pick up my camera more

I want my kids to know their childhood was the highlight of my life

Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)

There once was a time when I had a lot of time.

I moved often, I worked odd hours, and sometimes, the first time I visited a place would be the last. I needed a hobby. Something that I could do whenever, wherever.

Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)

In the early days, I did a lot of my own videography for my on-air reporting.

Picking up a still camera seemed like a natural progression for me.

Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)

It felt fun to be creative, to capture things the way they were in that exact moment.

Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)

I started making it a point to bring my camera almost everywhere I went.

Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)

I took some pretty cool pictures of ordinary things mostly, that felt extraordinary to me.

Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)
Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)
Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)

And I really enjoyed being on the other side of the camera.

Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)

Then I just kind of stopped.

I’m not sure when it changed or why . . . All I know is taking pictures started feeling like it was getting in the way of what I set out to capture in the first place -- life in the moment.

So I stopped.

I left my camera at home.

I settled for quick pics on my phone when the occasion called for it.

Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)

And then I became a mom.

Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)

I thought about all the pictures of my young self.

Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)

I look at them differently now. When I look at my childhood pictures, I feel love and validation.

Even on the most ordinary days, I existed exactly the way I was and someone (my parents mostly) thought it was important enough to capture.

So this year, I’m making an effort to pick up my camera more.

At the park, at the playground, just around the house.

Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)
Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)

I want my kids to look back on their pictures one day and know their childhood was the highlight of my life.

I may not be as quick or sharp as I used to be -- but I hope they feel the love coming from the other side of the camera.

Pamela Osborne (Pamela Osborne)

About the Author
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Pamela Osborne is thrilled to be back home at the station she grew up watching! You can watch her on Local 4 News Sundays and weeknights. Pamela joined the WDIV News Team in February 2022, after working at stations in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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