#timemarked 01

It’s been a long time since Todd’s left his main camera at home. Maybe he’s gotten a little spoiled by Mirror and access to the NEO-ONE, because braving the water for shots of the stunning little bug-types with nothing but a cheap waterproof camera is... taking some getting used to.

He surfaces near the shore, shaking water out of his hair and squinting at his temporary camera. This one lacks any option for scrolling back through recent shots, so he’ll only be able to tell if he’s gotten anything good once he’s back home and can develop the film. ...he hasn’t had to deal with that for a while, either.

Still, there’s something magical about being able to reach a hand out and let his subjects rest on his fingers between shots. Todd can’t exactly experience something like that from inside the NEO-ONE, and he appreciates the novelty of his low-tech excursion.

He’s nearly run out of exposures when he finally leaves the water to dry off in the warm summer air, and he hopes that out of the fifty or so he took, at least one will be a passable photograph. He’s gotten dressed over his swimming trunks and is about to head back home, perhaps to grab his real camera for some shots from the shore, when he sees someone else who seems to have had the same idea.

“Hey!” Todd calls, his smile and voice friendly and warm. He trots over to the other photographer, extremely careful not to let any lingering drops of water get anywhere near the stranger or their camera.

“It’s a beautiful night, isn’t it? Are you here to photograph the animals too?”