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The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By MsTinaK
- 8/23/2008 1:24:19 PM
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More people need to realize the importance of taking photo's! Not just for your children, but for generations to come. Photo's are history!
A coworker tonight said "looking at your photo's makes me want to buy a camera" I was amazed because she just came back from 2 weeks vacation! How do you do that and not take any pictures? As I get older it's hard enough to remember things ... photo's can be SO helpful!
But I know from experience how awesome it is to be able to look back 100 years and see what my great uncle looked like in WW1, or the WW2 Photo's of my father and his brothers. Their photo's as children! Those photo's also help bring about memories and dialogue to capture more of his history! They managed to have some photos even though they were dirt poor (and for a time lived on an island in the middle of the river!)
I keep telling people ... get a camera! It doesn't have to be fancy or expensive at all. The most basic camera can give you decent pictures of your children, your parents, grandparents, great grandparents!
As my mother turns 80 this year, I make sure I take pictures of everything and everyone, as each new grandchild is born, several in the family make sure that photo's are taken as she holds them.
LOL Even this week, she's dogsitting for my nephew and his family, and I stopped by twice for 'playdates' to help out, but I also made sure I took pictures of her with the dog.
Many people don't realize that until the age of about 5 or 6 children don't have consistent and complete memories. But if you have photo's they will at least have a 'memory' of sorts. She has 8 great-grandchildren, 6 are under the age of 5. So we'll make sure that ,while she may not live forever (though at the rate she's going she will outlive me!) her memories and the essence of who she was will be around for the next 100 years or more! How awesome is that!?
Pictures can't always tell the whole story, but it can be a great starting point!
Pictures are great conversation starters. For the young and for the elderly. If all else fails, ask an elderly person about their photo's and the stories they evoke. You may be amazed at what you learn.
Photograph's are more then a flat piece of paper. It's history. It's genealogy. It's memories. It's joy!
That flat piece of paper can evoke smiles, laughter, gasps, nostalgia, and wonder!
People say to me, I wish I could take photos like that. I tell them they can! But of course they need a camera first :D
I love that so many people here are getting so much use from the photo book credits. I'm amazed at what the members have assembled and if I can do half as good I'll be happy :) But its nice to see so many people sharing their lives through photo not just in the here and now but knowing that their children or other family members will have those keepsakes for many years to come and to pass along to subsequent generations.
Sorry for going on and on but I just find it all so AWESOME when I think about it!
Tina
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Meaghan
- 8/23/2008 1:35:28 PM
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Tina, you are too cute.
And i couldnt agree more. I'm the one who always brings my camera everywhere and am snapping away. Sometimes my friends, and boyfriend, and family will get all annoyed at me, and are like "ok enough!" but later when I get them copy's of the pictures they are all excited.... I feel like yelling "I TOLD YOU SO" 
I will say just one thing. Also remember to put down your camera from time to time as well and enjoy the moment. You dont want all of your memories to be on a peice of printed paper either. I was just at a friends wedding and brought my good camera and equipment with me (about $5000 worth  ) thinking I was going to get some GREAT shots of my friends wedding. It wasnt' untill after when I was looking through my photos and all of the ones other people took that i realized I wasnt "IN" any of the photos, except maybe in the background with a huge camera up to my face.... and I realized I didnt really take "in" much of the wedding either, didnt really enjoy it as completely as I could of.
Of course i wont tell my friend that as she was so HAPPY when she saw my photos. But if I had put that camera down for 20 minutes here and there, I would have had both enjoyed myself and TALKED and laughed with the people there AND had my pictuers too.
Just something else to think about.
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Linda
- 8/23/2008 2:12:48 PM
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You are BOTH so correct. It IS important BUT make sure you don't miss out by trying to capture every moment & not live it too.
After I have made photobooks of all my old digital snaps - going back a decade. My NEXT project is to try & get some of my old snaps scanned & uploaded to make more photobooks.
THEN I want to start on the REALLY old black & white ones - of which I have HUNDREDS if not thousands in boxes here. Lots of them will need work on. I won't do them all - just the best & the ones that mean something. After I've done that I can pass the boxes on to a future generation - I couldn't throw them away & I don't get the boxes out very often. Somehow I think a photobook I might look at more often.
OK that's my entire retirement sorted - will I have enough time? LOL 
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RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By MsTinaK
- 8/23/2008 2:56:39 PM
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>Tina, you are too cute.
Wow I haven't been referred to as 'cute' in about 40 years LOL Thanks!
>I will say just one thing. Also remember to put down your camera from time to time as well and enjoy the moment. >Just something else to think about.
Thank you!! I'd actually thought about that but...was locked into one mode apparently and never got to that important bit
My nephew's wife is a professional photographer now and with 3 kids...often doesn't get a chance for a lot of photo's that include her. So at all our events I make sure I get some of those in there, plus one of her little ones enjoys taking some photo's of mom too and doesn't do a bad job of it!
I hate when people get all weird about having their photo taken, mostly at family events. Youv'e heard the line "I hate having my picture taken" I tell them to get over themselves, we are family/friends and are used to how they look :D If that doesn't work I start in with the whole 'future generations' speech and they'll allow a photo if only to shut me up.
And I'm ok with that!
Tina
PS and just between us - I love being behind the camera LOL
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RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By MsTinaK
- 8/23/2008 3:01:02 PM
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>OK that's my entire retirement sorted
>will I have enough time? LOL
That all elusive time!! I've started on scanning my sons old pics (he's 25 now) for a book. My moms 80th is coming soon so I need to work on one for her. I just don't see where I'm going to get the time.
I had scanned photo's years ago of old family photo's, particularly of the the 'kids' in the family and gave them each a CD. You have one copy of a photo, you can't divide them between all those kids! So this way they each get a copy to look at, while my son will be the keeper of the actual photo's. Now you can put them on DVD's, or in your own personal books LOL It boggles my little brain!
I have a lot of ideas...not enough time!
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Charray
- 8/23/2008 3:46:26 PM
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MsTina
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RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Linda
- 8/24/2008 12:03:32 AM
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>OMG I got the cream of the crop. When I cleaned and scanned in all the negs.
PLEASE, please, please could you point me in the right direction re negatives. I have LOADS!! Colour & Black & white - are they easier to reproduce good photos from than old photos. What kind of scanner - HELP! I wouldn't know where to start.
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RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By MsTinaK
- 8/24/2008 1:39:25 AM
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>Ok that was longer then I thought it would be, sorry. My point is that pictures can open up a connection between generations for a long time. My kids never got to meet their grandparents on their dads side, but they know what they look like, where they lived, what their house looked like EVERYTHING. and Im glad that I looked in the 'trash' that day....guess I was always one to take the leftovers
oh no I'm glad you shared that. What an awesome story..even a moral to it!! Cheeky of them to want the negs back! Heck you did all the work they should have been on their knees thanking you for sharing with them at all!
Awesome story!
Tina
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RE:RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By MsTinaK
- 8/24/2008 1:41:31 AM
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>>OMG I got the cream of the crop. When I cleaned and scanned in all the negs.
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>PLEASE, please, please could you point me in the right direction re negatives. I have LOADS!! Colour & Black & white - are they easier to reproduce good photos from than old photos. What kind of scanner - HELP! I wouldn't know where to start.
oh good question, hope it gets answered!
I have all our old home movies and have been having some of them converted as well, then I give everyone in the family a copy for Xmas presents. Some day I have to work on all the 'old' video I took of my son with my 8mm handycam while he was growing up. How odd to think they are OLD..and need converted to view!
Suddenly my bones ache
Tina
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RE:RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Charray
- 8/24/2008 3:30:51 PM
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Linda~
I just have an epson scanner that can scan negs as well as reg paper. It comes with this little tray that you put the picture in and hit the button. Its actually easy. The hard part is cleaning the neg from all the dirt and finger prints. To reproduce, it would depend on how good the negs are compared to the actual picture you have. I always shoot for the neg first, thats just a personal pref. but sometimes the neg had too many "issues" I call them. (neg bent/scratches/spilled something/do-do etc) But I LOVE negs of everything.
I haven't looked at scanner for a while so I cant tell you what to buy, my scanner is about 6 or 7 years old. Ive been thinking about getting a new one, one day..
I wish I could tell you I'ld look at them for you but since I live all the way in hawaii, that would be too far If you go on epsons web site they'll have TONS of neg scanners.
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MsTinaK
My cousin just found some 8mm from my grandmas stuff and took them to a local store to convert them to a dvd, then I took the dvd and made copies for everyone in the family. We surprised my gram with a movie night, with her as the star. It was sooo cool. Seeing what hawaii was like BEFORE all the buildings and stuff were put up.
I dont know HOW they did it though, 8mm were before my time...sorry
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RE:RE:RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By NT
- 8/25/2008 10:27:09 AM
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Hi Charray and Tina,
I have some of my daughter's picture taken during the C-section using the 35mm film camera and now I want to convert to digital. Would I get the good resolution if I scan it or should I capture the image of the picture using my digital camera?
Thanks in advance,
Ngoc
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RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Charray
- 8/25/2008 12:06:46 PM
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I would vote to scan. neg is a first generation item. scan would be second. If you use picture (which would already be second gen) and take a pic of the pic, you would end up with a 3 gen item.
Sorry does that make sence?
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RE:RE:RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Meaghan
- 8/25/2008 12:21:03 PM
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>I haven't looked at scanner for a while so I cant tell you what to buy, my scanner is about 6 or 7 years old. Ive been thinking about getting a new one, one day..
I just bought a Canon one about 6 months ago that has a scanner tray in it. So it should still be on the market.
This is the one I have... it scans 35mm Negatives and comes with the softwear to convert it over... http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2505986&Sku=C125-4400F%20CA
Here's another... http://www.amazon.com/Canon-CanoScan-Negative-Scanner-2168B002/dp/B000V2QCQI
Heres how it scans... 
I think this one is specifically for scanning negatives... http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Canon-CanoScan-FS-4000-US-film-scanner
Hope that helps in SOME way.
Megs
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RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By NT
- 8/25/2008 1:14:11 PM
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Thanks Charray and Meaghan,
I have just realized that I do not have the negatives. I might have to go with the scan.
Regards,
Ngoc
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Post By Charray
- 8/26/2008 8:06:15 PM
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No prob
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RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Meaghan
- 8/28/2008 9:22:19 AM
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Well hopefully this post will help others who come across it
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RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Charray
- 8/28/2008 6:16:29 PM
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hope so too, if now they will have a long READ for nothing....LoL
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Megan Ahles
- 8/28/2008 10:20:48 PM
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did you say it or what? i have been a photographer for many years now and have always thought i ha dthe best job. ive watched children grow up. i know some kids better than their own families do. the bond between a child and photographer is important. its one reason a lot of my customers are repeats. there is no job like mine wher eyou capture families' memories for generations to come. i LOVE looking back at old pictures of my grandfather when he was a kid. he died when i was 5 so i dont remembe rmuch, but like you said, i have photos to look back on him. your post was so perfect. it said everything. i havent read any replies yet but i just wante dto say thank you for putting into words how i feel. :)
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RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By cllfdl
- 9/5/2008 9:10:56 AM
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I take my cameras everywhere. I usually have at least two a simple point and shoot with optical zoom for those oh i have to take this pic quick and then my digital slr for professional pics. I just upgraded my point and shoot it has 18x optical zoom it is awesome, I am still trying to afford more lenses for the slr I have two but need the ones with the faster shutter speed. When I was growing up i was the last of 3 and I literally only had 6 pics my entire life except for school pics until I was 19! So I am alittle obsessed probably. I have 5 kids (25,25,22, 19 and 12) and two grandsons (6 and 2) and have no problem snapping 300 pics at the local pumpkin patch! one of the 25's and the 19 are mine through marriage and they were amazed at how many pics I take (though they love to get the prints) Everyone has just accepted the fact that when Faye shows up she has cameras!! I always tell people we dont know what tomorrow holds, LOL even my husbands 90 year old grandmother has accepted that when we go and visit I am going to take one or two pics. I want my children and grandchildren to see their heritage.
>did you say it or what? i have been a photographer for many years now and have always thought i ha dthe best job. ive watched children grow up. i know some kids better than their own families do. the bond between a child and photographer is important. its one reason a lot of my customers are repeats. there is no job like mine wher eyou capture families' memories for generations to come. i LOVE looking back at old pictures of my grandfather when he was a kid. he died when i was 5 so i dont remembe rmuch, but like you said, i have photos to look back on him. your post was so perfect. it said everything. i havent read any replies yet but i just wante dto say thank you for putting into words how i feel. :)
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RE:RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Charray
- 9/5/2008 3:34:09 PM
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yup on this I think we all agree!
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RE:RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By MsTinaK
- 9/6/2008 12:38:24 PM
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>I take my cameras everywhere.
If ya wanna see me freak out, see me when I left my camera at work yesterday. ARGH!! Apparently I took it out of my bag to get my phone charger out at work and moved the camera bag to the chair. Stopped at the park where my hawk hangs out and reached in and ...NO BAG!! Even though I was going to be back there in 12 hours...I couldn't wait. I HAD to have my camera and drove the half hour back to work LOL They were shocked that I could forget my camera ... they are used to be forgetting other things ... so they are a little weirded out that I'd forget something that's as attached to me as my limbs - or so it seems.
My nieces post pics of the kids monthly and they shoot in a month what I shoot in one 2 hour visit LOL Some times I'm shocked at how much I take. But it's just automatic.
I was in the city for a festival along the river with a friend and she was talking away, but would suddenly stop. I told her to keep going, I could listen, respond and take pictures all at once. Besides I wanted to be able to turn to her and get some natural unposed photo's of her. I knew I was good to go as long as she kept talking. Cause she is a TALKER!
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By myphotos
- 1/4/2009 6:04:59 AM
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This is just about my favorite post.
I get the "enough with the photos response" also, but.. at least when they're old and long forgot about that day, they can see the photos.
Any advice on how to approach taking photos with new friends? If I don't know the person very well, I feel awkward taking photos. Same with relatives I don't know well.
I also agree with the "put down the camera and live/enjoy the moment some too." Taking photos is great, but if you don't get to interact with who you're taking photos of, that's not good either. Perhaps set the camera on a tripod with a timer or remote during family gatherings, then take some close-up photos later in the day?
For scanning, I scanned at between 150-300 DPI of some old photos. I don't want the files so large that digital storage becomes a pain. There are scanning services where you send a box of photos and they do it all for you. I haven't tried those yet-- kind of nervous about mailing old photos without a copy. I've scanned at least a thousand or more old photos so far-- it's fun to be able to e-mail them to friends/family, put them in photobooks, and more.
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Lyn Clarke
- 4/18/2009 6:58:22 PM
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I have a story that I think this group will understand/emphathize with...I am the photographer within my group of friends. So, I too have 1000's of photos and very few of me. My 88 year old neighbor calls our vacation photos, The Story of John. (my husband) OK, we are in Italy, climbing above the vineyards above the CT area, we come across another couple who mime for us to take their photo (two, I always take two with someone else's camera). the couple mimes that they will take ours- My husband says, "OH, no, that's ok- we have plenty". I nearly fainted. I think I was in three photos for that three week trip!
I did sent some photos in to Scanapix, recently. they had an intro offer of 100 photos for $10. After getting those back, I jumped in with 900+ to a local company. I did not know that this service was available until after I tried the Scanapix and started researching more thoroughly. So,I am waiting for those to come back.
I have made 21 books so far, I think. I tell everyone that I will have plenty of memories when I am old at the nursing home. If I lose my memory, then I will have stories to read with pictures!
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Post By MsTinaK
- 4/18/2009 10:37:35 PM
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>I have a story that I think this group will understand/emphathize with...I am the photographer within my group of friends. So, I too have 1000's of photos and very few of me. My 88 year old neighbor calls our vacation photos, The Story of John. (my husband)
LOL now THAT's funny! Probably because I totally get it too!
OK, we are in Italy, climbing above the vineyards above the CT area, we come across another couple who mime for us to take their photo (two, I always take two with someone else's camera). the couple mimes that they will take ours- My husband says, "OH, no, that's ok- we have plenty". I nearly fainted. I think I was in three photos for that three week trip!
Ain't that like a husband!
>I have made 21 books so far, I think. I tell everyone that I will have plenty of memories when I am old at the nursing home. If I lose my memory, then I will have stories to read with pictures!
I love the books too, though I don't have that many! Actually I only have one of my own the rest are always given. I've been working on a series of books for one of my grand-nephews. the first one was Bryson makes an Apple Pie ..next is Bryson goes to Lunch (with his Aunts) and I still need to do Bryson visits the fire station...which may eventually turn into a fundraising book for our station.
Some of the guys at the station love the books and are asking for personalized books for their kids. I take all the photos for our fire company so I always have plenty of their pics to use. My biggest problem is now AC has added SO many options, it takes me forever to put even a simple book together. I'm awful at making all those decisions!
I made a book for the fire museum and it's in thier archives now...so it'll be around 'forever' :D I feel....immortalized now!
I take my camera with me ALWAYS. I'm amazed at the things I run across. I recently won a photo contest with the PA Fish & Boat Commission that will be in thier next magazine. Of course the photos were produced by ArtsCow. I'm willing to wait the two weeks it takes for the quality they provide. And it encourages me to take even more photos LOL People are telling me they forget what I look like without a camera in front of my face.
But everyone close to me has come to really appreciate that I do take so many photos. I keep a photo album for the fire company, so really it's about capturing their history too. (and lets face it the guys LOVE getting copies of their photos of them at work/training LOL) My nieces and nephews love for me to come to all events because their own kids are keeping them so busy they may not get to take a lot of photos.
So I have few photos of myself it's true. But we get one here and there, but I don't really like having MY photo taken - so it's ok with me! And they will remember that I took all those photos too.
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RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By MsTinaK
- 4/18/2009 10:44:19 PM
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>This is just about my favorite post.
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>I get the "enough with the photos response" also, but.. at least when they're old and long forgot about that day, they can see the photos.
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>Any advice on how to approach taking photos with new friends? If I don't know the person very well, I feel awkward taking photos. Same with relatives I don't know well.
I missed this post!
First I let everyone know that I take photos - usually someone that knows me nearby will interrupt and say a lot about my photos. Usually once they find out how easily they can get copies, or see them so quickly online they are cool with it. But if anyone is reticent I make sure that I don't do anything to make them uncomfortable (no surprise shots, or trying to take one when they are distracted) But I do try to then get them in a group shot with others...explaining the importance and all that. Show them photos of other friends...or offer to take one of them in their fav outfit, or at a special event. Take them with you when you are out just taking random photos. Heck they might get the photography bug too :)
Simply I'd share my passion with them.
OH I also delete something right then and there in their presence if they really really don't like it. That helps them realize they have some control over it.
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Lyn Clarke
- 4/19/2009 5:58:10 AM
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myphoto-- I saw your question about what do you tell new people--
I take the photos at all parties-- First of all, I tell the new guest that "I only get invited because I take pictures so I HAVE to take it"...I say this with a straight face and some believe me. Anyway, I get the shot.
Second point, which is as important- I tell EVERYONE that they can review the photo and I will delete if they do not like it. I have one gal who insists on 6 or 8 "candid" shots every time I point a camera at her--"my hair looks messy in that shot", "it looks like I have a double chin", (she does), "I look fat", (she does), "my smile isn't that good"... and the list goes on. The other party goers see her and figure, "hell I am not that vain!".
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RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By myphotos
- 4/20/2009 10:30:00 AM
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Don't take a digital photo of a film photo-- the resolution is poor. Scan the negative, or have the photo scanned. If you don't have the negatives, at least scan the film photo print.
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RE:RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By myphotos
- 4/20/2009 10:39:07 AM
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Thanks for the replies about how to take photos of new people.
It's usually people I've just met, that we don't have any friends in common with. Should I just be like "hey, what a great view we have.. mind if we take a group pic?" (of the one other person and I). It seems like it would be easier at a party-- take a photo of yourself and someone you know, then proceed around the room.
"I only get invited to take photos.." Ha, nice excuse. I'll have to try it sometime.
I know what you mean about people being overdramatic about photos. I don't understand the people who cover their face when a camera is around, or who say "omg, my chin/face/self/etc. looks bad." Ok, the camera sees what's there. If the photo shows that you have a double chin, chances are, you do, but who cares, the photo still can be nice. Photos are like historical records. Nobody looks at 50-100 year old photos and says "wow, he/she really had bad hair and unfashionable clothes." People take a photo of you... because they want a photo of you (and presumably care about you/the event/the people around). There are plenty of photos that I look bad in, but... I looked bad that day too, and it doesn't matter since it's history.
I've got relatives who don't like their photos taken too. When someone suggests we take a group photo, they moan.
It's kind of awkward to do this too. Sometimes I just do it sly with a phone with them. I don't always want posed photos.
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Lyn Clarke
- 4/21/2009 6:50:42 AM
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Another party trick= Try to stay above the targeted person (especially anyone over 40)---they will look up at you and ahem--their neck and chin are stretched forward and they look thinner!!! I usually do head shots--but if I see a group of people laughing then I try to get several photos of that, too.
I made a book for a family moving to Germany. Most likey, they will never be back in the States so the photos from the going away party were pretty important. I did lots of party scenes but the Mom's favorite shots were the ones of her youngest daughter laughing with her mouth open wih a bunch of her friends. The daughter is shy and rarely says, "Boo." The daughter will hate the photos but they will always be some of the Mom's favorites!
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Pam Miller
- 4/27/2009 7:21:33 PM
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Tina I agree with your sentiments exactly. I am the one behind the camera and I too sometimes forget to enjoy the event as I am too absorbed in getting that great shot.
But what is so important beyond all that is- printing your pictures. The reason we can enjoy our old black and white pics from generations ago is because printing them was the only way we got to see the pic. But with digital photography it worries me that so many people take the pics but never have them printed off.
A failure on your hard drive if you havent backed up can mean the loss of those precious pics.
If we dont get our digital images printed there will be no hard copies to put in the shoebox for future generations.
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Post By myphotos
- 4/28/2009 4:02:09 AM
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That's why I try to order more and more prints.
I have digital photos that are unopenable, have errors, or invalid JPEG markers (can't open, or have areas blacked out). These photos aren't THAT old. I back up them multiple times, but regardless-- they can and do get errors.
There are so many reasons to at least get some prints of your favorites. On top of that, it's less maintaining-- after you're old, would your kids/grandkids have your old hard drives (if they work), and know how to back them up often enough? You can't just hand them a hard drive and that's that, like you could with prints. (Of course, digital backups are important too-- paper prints can get damaged or lost).
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RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By MsTinaK
- 4/30/2009 1:22:27 PM
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>Tina I agree with your sentiments exactly. I am the one behind the camera and I too sometimes forget to enjoy the event as I am too absorbed in getting that great shot.
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>But what is so important beyond all that is- printing your pictures. The reason we can enjoy our old black and white pics from generations ago is because printing them was the only way we got to see the pic. But with digital photography it worries me that so many people take the pics but never have them printed off.
YES!!! Thank ayou for bringing up this important aspect. It also makes me laugh because it took me a long time to explain to my mother that going digital didn't mean she couldn't have a 'real' photo to hold in her hands. Thankfully, places like Artscow makes it easy to get so many photos printed, to go along with the ease of taking so many photos at one time.
I keep a real/physical photo album for the fire department I am a member of. I also give members copies of their best shots, and online I share all my photos with other depts, so they know the photos exist and can get copies. If I come across something I feel is special, I'll matte it and make a gift of it. Because I too realize that this is still whats needed so that 50 or 100 years from now there is that physical record. I love creating little story books for the kids, full of pictures I've taken. I make 'trading cards' for the fire dept to give out to the local kids...immortalizing our fire fighters for many years to come, hopefully!
It's funny to think that Artscow isn't merely a business, but an important service providing reasonable prices for each of us to not just preserve, but to share our history as told in photos. Artscow, and other places like it, are playing a vital roll in all our histories! :D I couldn't get nearly so much printed if I didn't utilize AC. I work for a non-profit organization - which translates to mean I don't make much money :D So the deals here are appreciated. The fire company I'm involved with with very small AND just lost all their borough funding in Dec, so they aren't in a position to pay out money for this stuff, so I can do it as a donation. Hey I look good, the fire company gets photos, AC makes money.
It's a beautiful thing *grin*
Thanks for the reminder about the importance of getting some photos printed out!
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RE:RE:RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Leah
- 6/5/2009 11:18:02 AM
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I'm right there with you (all of you!). I could ramble, too, but I'll go straight to the point. Though I haven't done it yet, I'm preparing to take all of my paper photos to a scanning service and pay to have someone else do it! They can do it in days for a whole range of prices and options. Just google 'scan to digital' and explore the vast new world of services available; it's amazing! There's got to be an option for every type of person and budget. (That's the only reason I haven't done it yet! I can't settle on what to try first!) For the price of a scanner and the hundreds of hours it takes to scan it yourself, you could have it done professionally in one week! Negatives, slides, and everything else are fair game, too. Some will ship a box to you for a flat fee, and all you do is fill it up and send it. Some have lots of preparation rules, some do not. Give it a look, you may be surprised, and if it works, you'll be making photo books sooner than you thought instead of wasting time scanning!
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By myphotos
- 6/5/2009 5:02:24 PM
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I feel sorry for people who have lost their baby (or other "special" photos) to computer crashes, file errors, etc. because they didn't get prints. (Similarly, I feel sorry for people who have lost their print photos in floods and that sort of thing). Digital is both lasting and fragile. Once you make a print, it's there. It can sit in the closet in a box for decades, unmaintained, and you don't have to upload it, back it up, save it as another type of file, or any of that.
I have some relatives who print on their standard home printers on "photo paper." SICK.
While it's better than nothing, I guess, it's invariably grainy, lacks the true resolution of "real" prints, is relatively flemsy paper, and does not have the professional coating (either gloss or matte) that "real" prints do. There's a reason why professional stores have crazy huge, pricey machines-- they get the job done, right.
For the fridge, home printing is fine. Even maybe for short-term projects or scrapbooks. But, for archival, high resolution prints, there's really only one choice. Look for coupons and get your favorites printed.
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RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Sherri Tierney
- 8/30/2009 3:39:27 AM
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This is a fun thread. :)
I'm the 'keeper of the camera' around here. I swear people must think its attached to my eye with as many pictures as I take. I have always loved capturing life through the lens though. Even as a small child, I was fascinated with photos whether looking at them or taking them. I was raised by my grandmother and she felt very different about photos. She said it made her sad to look back on the past and therefore she didn't often take pictures. I have a ton of pictures of me at 3 years old but that's really about all of my childhood pictures and those were all taken around the same time by my aunt. My kids on the other hand, have thousands of pictures of them and they are only 3 and 7.
I was reading the advice regarding putting down the camera and enjoying the moment. I find that I enjoy the moment more if I am capturing it with my camera. I can't explain it exactly but if I don't have my camera with me then I always feel like I am missing out and it ruins the experience. What I do though is when we are at an event or something I take a bunch of pictures right away making sure to get snapshots of everyone there. Then I turn off the camera and spend some time hanging out. If something looks 'photo worthy' I quickly turn the camera back on and snap away. I guess its the best of both worlds though I never actually put the camera away. :)
We recently got a DSLR. Since then my husband has became very interested in photography and we take turns with the camera. Its nice because now there are plenty of pictures of ME. :)
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Lil
- 7/23/2010 11:19:51 AM
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VERY interesting thread. I take my camera everywhere too! And if I'm going to a social function I always notice I am the ONLY one with a camera. Everyone knows I won't go anywhere without it and take advantage of that and let ME take ALL the pictures. I don't really mind but it's true you end up with great pictures of an event and it doesn't even look like you even attended it~!! LOL (hense, no pictures of me)
I love digi scrapbooking because it lets you be creative and make photo books so personal. I love creating scrapbooking embellishments, word art etc. Come take a lookie ...
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Michelle Kelly
- 3/12/2011 12:01:15 AM
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Hi:
What a great thead! I have a story about my MIL who hated having her picture taken. She was a beautiful woman who my photographer thought was my sister at my wedding. Yet, she turned her head anytime a camera came in her direction.
Sadly, she had a very aggressive form of cancer and we lost her at the age of 60. Two week's before her death she was hugging my children and I grabbed the camera. I was waiting for her to hide her face and she turned to the camera (bald and skinny as can be) and gave me the most beautiful smile! I asked her "why, are you finally letting me take your picture?" and she said "because it's the only one my grandchildren will ever have". My kids never saw her alive again! Please encourage those who do not want their pictures taken to allow an occasionally shot. Not everyone knows when their life journey will end. That one picture could become priceless! In our case, it is!
Michelle
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RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By Dude
- 3/12/2011 8:56:15 AM
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>Hi:
>What a great thead! I have a story about my MIL who hated having her picture taken. She was a beautiful woman who my photographer thought was my sister at my wedding. Yet, she turned her head anytime a camera came in her direction.
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>Sadly, she had a very aggressive form of cancer and we lost her at the age of 60. Two week's before her death she was hugging my children and I grabbed the camera. I was waiting for her to hide her face and she turned to the camera (bald and skinny as can be) and gave me the most beautiful smile! I asked her "why, are you finally letting me take your picture?" and she said "because it's the only one my grandchildren will ever have". My kids never saw her alive again! Please encourage those who do not want their pictures taken to allow an occasionally shot. Not everyone knows when their life journey will end. That one picture could become priceless! In our case, it is!
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>Michelle
I thought I would add my 2 cents to this thread. Digital pictures are great. Takes as many as your finger allows, you never know what is all in the picture until you see it on a pc screen or on print. Just because you take a 100 pictures does not mean you have to print them all (unlike film), just the ones that you like the best. Something that needs to be said is that its very easy to lose digital picture. If you dont back up your pics, you may lose them. I back up my pics to another hard drive plus also to a Dvd. Do this on a regular basis and you should not lose them.
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RE:RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By myphotos
- 4/19/2012 10:49:05 AM
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Don't forget to backup your photos.
DVD and CD digital photo backups don't last forever, and can be scrathed/etc.
Digital photos themselves can be corrupted-- photo files (JPEGS) don't always copy over correctly, leaving you with an unopenable JPEG photo and the error "invaid JPEG marker."
Backup your print photos by scanning them digitally.
Backup your digital photos by printing them out professionally.
And, I'll never understand the people who don't want their photo ever taken. Do they not think we can see what they look like in person? If they're sitting there in front of us, and we want their picture, clearly we enjoy their company and value their friendship, thus wanting their photos. They could be hideous and it not matter-- we still invited them to hang out with us. Why avoid photos? Sad.
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By gaga
- 6/8/2012 9:38:32 PM
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Photos last forever. Printing them would be a good option, I agree. But wouldn't it be costly to print all of them if you have a huge collection?
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By bunny bokes
- 8/1/2012 1:50:04 PM
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before i do not really appreciate taking pictures and all especially when my mom gets so insisting that it gets annoying when i was growing up. but then when i see those pictures now i really appreciate it and how i wished i had had my picture taken more during my teenage years as i don't have much of them anymore during that time i guess my mom got tired of making me pose for a picture or something it is really valuable and it does say a lot of stories just by looking at old pictures so i guess its time people learn to appreciate it more
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RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By myphotos
- 8/10/2012 1:37:20 PM
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I don't see any reason to print them all.
Print your favorites. Having 100 photos of the same event or person gets boring and excessive. Select your favorites of the person/event, making each printed photo more meaningful than 100 similar photos printed out. No one wants 100 printed photos (or even digital) of the same thing. Editing down your photo collection -- both digital and printed -- is a good thing. Some photos suck, some are blurry, some are repeats. Delete the extras and print your favorites.
Photobooks can include a lot of photos in a small amount of space.
>Photos last forever. Printing them would be a good option, I agree. But wouldn't it be costly to print all of them if you have a huge collection?
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RE:RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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RE:The importance of taking pictures! (a long ramble)
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Post By barmow668
- 1/24/2023 5:19:26 PM
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>More people need to realize the importance of taking photo's! Not just for your children, but for generations to come. Photo's are history!
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>A coworker tonight said "looking at your photo's makes me want to buy a camera" I was amazed because she just came back from 2 weeks vacation! How do you do that and not take any pictures? As I get older it's hard enough to remember things ... photo's can be SO helpful!
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>But I know from experience how awesome it is to be able to look back 100 years and see what my great uncle looked like in WW1, or the WW2 Photo's of my father and his brothers. Their photo's as children! Those photo's also help bring about memories and dialogue to capture more of his history! They managed to have some photos even though they were dirt poor (and for a time lived on an island in the middle of the river!)
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>I keep telling people ... get a camera! It doesn't have to be fancy or expensive at all. The most basic camera can give you decent pictures of your children, your parents, grandparents, great grandparents!
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>As my mother turns 80 this year, I make sure I take pictures of everything and everyone, as each new grandchild is born, several in the family make sure that photo's are taken as she holds them.
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>LOL Even this week, she's dogsitting for my nephew and his family, and I stopped by twice for 'playdates' to help out, but I also made sure I took pictures of her with the dog.
>Many people don't realize that until the age of about 5 or 6 children don't have consistent and complete memories. But if you have photo's they will at least have a 'memory' of sorts. She has 8 great-grandchildren, 6 are under the age of 5. So we'll make sure that ,while she may not live forever (though at the rate she's going she will outlive me!) her memories and the essence of who she was will be around for the next 100 years or more! How awesome is that!?
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>Pictures can't always tell the whole story, but it can be a great starting point!
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>Pictures are great conversation starters. For the young and for the elderly. If all else fails, ask an elderly person about their photo's and the stories they evoke. You may be amazed at what you learn.
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>Photograph's are more then a flat piece of paper. It's history. It's genealogy. It's memories. It's joy!
>That flat piece of paper can evoke smiles, laughter, gasps, nostalgia, and wonder!
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>People say to me, I wish I could take photos like that. I tell them they can! But of course they need a camera first :D
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>I love that so many people here are getting so much use from the photo book credits. I'm amazed at what the members have assembled and if I can do half as good I'll be happy :) But its nice to see so many people sharing their lives through photo not just in the here and now but knowing that their children or other family members will have those keepsakes for many years to come and to pass along to subsequent generations.
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>Sorry for going on and on but I just find it all so AWESOME when I think about it!
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>Tina
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