i just started video taping my dad when i visit. we sit down, turn the camera on and crack a few beers and talk (more like listen). we sit back and ask him questions about growing up, meeting my mother, our grandparents. he's a great story teller.
i've filled up 2 tapes so far and hope to make plenty more. i hope to do the same with my mom. then at some point i'd like to go through them and edit something together. i just wish i would have thought of it sooner.
very nice photoessay. the photos he chose really give a sense of the person his father is.
i like what nimmot's doing... preserving some of his parents' ways and stories.
i wish this story weren't unique. i wish that anyone who wanted to could afford to cherish and protect their aged parents. i wish more people wanted to.