Ukuthambekela kokuthwebula yonke into ilandelana: ukudla, izinto ozibonayo, wena ngokwakho - abaningi bakubheka njengomlutha. Manje labo abathanda ukuthumela izithombe zabo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana banempendulo efanele kulokhu kusolwa. I-American Christine Deal yafakazela ukuthi ngisho nesithombe sesidlo sakusihlwa esifakwe ku-Instagram (inhlangano eyeqisayo evinjelwe eRussia) sisenza sijabule.
Kudala ukuthwebula izithombe kwakuyintokozo ebizayo. Manje konke okudingekayo ukuthatha isithombe i-smartphone, isikhala kumemori khadi, kanye nesineke somngane ophoqeleka ukuthi abuke isithombe se-cappuccino cup photo shoot.
“Sivame ukutshelwa ukuthi ukuthwebula izithombe njalo kusivimbela ekuboneni umhlaba ngokugcwele,” kusho uKristin Diehl, Ph.D., uprofesa wase-University of Southern California (U.S.A.), “kunesitatimende esithi izithombe ziphazamisa ukuqwashisa abantu, futhi ilensi iba isithiyo phakathi kwethu nomhlaba wangempela.”
UChristine Deal wenze uchungechunge lwezilingo eziyisishiyagalolunye1, eyayihlola imizwa yabantu abathwebula izithombe. Kuvele ukuthi inqubo yokuthatha izithombe yenza abantu bajabule futhi ikuvumela ukuthi uzwe leso sikhathi ngokucace kakhudlwana.
“Sithole ukuthi lapho uthatha izithombe, ubona umhlaba ngendlela ehlukile,” kuchaza uChristine Deal, “ngoba ukunaka kwakho kugxile kusenesikhathi kulezo zinto ofuna ukuzithwebula, ngakho-ke zigcine enkumbulweni. Lokhu kukuvumela ukuthi uzicwilise ngokugcwele kulokho okwenzekayo, uthole imizwa ephezulu.
Imizwelo emihle eyinhloko ilethwa inqubo yokuhlela izithombe
Isibonelo, ukuhamba nokubuka indawo. Kokunye ukuhlola, u-Christine Diehl kanye nozakwabo bafaka abantu abayi-100 emabhasini okuvakasha anamagumbi amabili futhi babayisa ezindaweni ezinhle kakhulu zase-Philadelphia. Izimoto bezivinjelwe ebhasini elilodwa, kanti kwelinye, abahlanganyeli banikezwe amakhamera edijithali futhi bacelwa ukuba bathathe izithombe ngesikhathi sokuvakasha. Ngokwemiphumela yocwaningo, abantu bebhasi lesibili baluthande kakhulu lolu hambo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, bazizwa behileleke kakhulu kulolu hlelo kunozakwabo abavela ebhasini lokuqala.
Kuyamangaza ukuthi umphumela usebenza ngisho naphakathi kohambo lokufunda oluyisicefe lweminyuziyamu yemivubukulo neyesayensi. Kwakusohambweni lweminyuziyamu enjalo lapho ososayensi bathumela khona iqembu labafundi elanikezwa izibuko ezikhethekile ezinamalensi ahlola lapho bebuka khona. Izifundo zacelwa ukuthi zithathe izithombe zanoma yini eziyifunayo. Ngemva kokuhlolwa, bonke abafundi bavuma ukuthi baluthanda kakhulu lolu hambo. Ngemuva kokuhlaziya imininingwane, ababhali bocwaningo bathole ukuthi ababambiqhaza bagqolozele isikhathi eside ezintweni abebehlele ukuzithwebula ngekhamera.
UChristine Diehl ujahile ukujabulisa labo abathanda ukuthwebula isidlo sabo sasemini ku-Instagram (inhlangano eyeqisayo evinjelwe eRussia) noma babelane ngesidlo sasekuseni ku-Snapchat. Abahlanganyeli bacelwa ukuthi bathathe okungenani izithombe ezintathu zokudla kwabo ngesikhathi sokudla ngakunye. Lokhu kwabasiza ukuba bajabulele ukudla kwabo kunalabo abavele badle.
NgokukaChristine Diehl, akuyona inqubo yokuqopha noma ngisho "nokuthandwa" okuvela kubangane esihehayo. Ukuhlela isithombe esizayo, ukwakha ukwakheka nokwethula umphumela ophelile kusenza sizizwe sijabule, siphile ngokuqaphela futhi sijabulele okwenzekayo.
Ngakho-ke ungakhohlwa mayelana nezinkundla zokuxhumana ngesikhathi samaholide. Ayikho ikhamera? Ayikho inkinga. “Thatha izithombe ngengqondo,” kweluleka uChristine Diehl, “kuyasebenza ngokufanayo.”
1 K. Diehl et. al. «Indlela Ukuthatha Izithombe Kukhulisa Kanjani Ukujabulela Kokuhlangenwe nakho», Ijenali Yobuntu Nenhlalakahle Yengqondo, 2016, № 6.