This is such a strange photograph! It makes me laugh to look at it, and I am posting it because it is so bizarre! BUT. This photograph has a practical purpose, believe it or not. I went to the ophthalmologist the other day to get my yearly examination and he found that my prescription needs to be changed slightly. So I have decided to get glasses at one of the online companies. I have previously bought a single prescription pair of glasses to use when having meetings on Zoom. That was a worthwhile purchase and I saved a bunch of money. So I have decided to get new bifocals and a new frames as well. I think I am saving something like $200 in the process. So I have the prescription from the doctor, but the ordering process requires knowing your interpupillary distance. I called the doctor back and the receptionist said I had to get that done at an optometrist. OR, I though, I can do it myself! So I had Kathy take a close up of my face, holding a metric scale just under my eyes. Then I opened the photograph in Photoshop, and enlarged it to full screen and saw what the distance between my pupils was. So you see there was a real reason to do this. But it still looks strange! It makes me laugh at myself.
1 comment:
I did not realize this was you at first glance as I am trying to read what name is on your ruler. You are silly and brave. Jonathan has ordered glasses online. I was afraid to try it as my eye doctor would measure and mark the lenses for bifocals at 3 or 4 times the price. I may try Costco next time as it would be one third of the price or more.
Joan
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