Here is my piece for the weekly challenge over at the 100 Word Stories Podcast. Please check out the link to see the other stories, or to joy the challenge yourself.
Camera
Most of the time when people see me wandering around with my nice camera, they figure I’m into photography.
I guess they’re not wrong, technically.
A part of me wonders if that would be better, maybe easier, than what I actually do.
Sitting in a car, outside a seedy motel or a bar isn’t exactly glamorous work. But catching people at their not-so-finest moments? It pays the bills.
I suppose maybe I am a photographer, the subjects just don’t know their secrets are no longer secrets.
It’s not art, but it is lucrative. That will have to do for now.
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