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I was photographing cricket today and this old timer came over talking.. He told me how he used to take pictures... he has thousands... I (even though I guessed the answer) asked him where all these pictures are... "They are all at home in albums" was the reply..

This reminded me of the local Camera club.. A lot of people brought up on film who have drawes and cupboards full of photographs..

How sad is that and how blessed are we to ahve the www, a place to show all our pictures good and bad... ours arn't collecting dust they are being seen and even sold for some..

I bet theres some gems hidden away that will never be seen.. Todays old fella at the cricket said to me.. "I know what will happen when my time comes.. they will all go in the bin"... and I thought yeagh.. thats probably right :(


My point? I havent got one other than to remind people who have always had the ability to show pics that its not always been possible..


PING!!!! Maybe theres a business plan going begging... scanning peoples pics and putting onto the internet for them ? guaranteed hosting for x yrs..
 
KIPAX said:
I was photographing cricket today and this old timer came over talking.. He told me how he used to take pictures... he has thousands... I (even though I guessed the answer) asked him where all these pictures are... "They are all at home in albums" was the reply..

This reminded me of the local Camera club.. A lot of people brought up on film who have drawes and cupboards full of photographs..

How sad is that and how blessed are we to ahve the www, a place to show all our pictures good and bad... ours arn't collecting dust they are being seen and even sold for some..

I bet theres some gems hidden away that will never be seen.. Todays old fella at the cricket said to me.. "I know what will happen when my time comes.. they will all go in the bin"... and I thought yeagh.. thats probably right :(


My point? I havent got one other than to remind people who have always had the ability to show pics that its not always been possible..


PING!!!! Maybe theres a business plan going begging... scanning peoples pics and putting onto the internet for them ? guaranteed hosting for x yrs..
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http://SPAM/ylbs2p4

There are a lot of picture scanning services already, but I see what you mean. Great post by the way - saw a box of old photos earlier actually!
 
KIPAX said:
I was photographing cricket today and this old timer came over talking.. He told me how he used to take pictures... he has thousands... I (even though I guessed the answer) asked him where all these pictures are... "They are all at home in albums" was the reply..

This reminded me of the local Camera club.. A lot of people brought up on film who have drawes and cupboards full of photographs..

How sad is that and how blessed are we to ahve the www, a place to show all our pictures good and bad... ours arn't collecting dust they are being seen and even sold for some..

I bet theres some gems hidden away that will never be seen.. Todays old fella at the cricket said to me.. "I know what will happen when my time comes.. they will all go in the bin"... and I thought yeagh.. thats probably right :(


My point? I havent got one other than to remind people who have always had the ability to show pics that its not always been possible..


PING!!!! Maybe theres a business plan going begging... scanning peoples pics and putting onto the internet for them ? guaranteed hosting for x yrs..
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If you ever go to Hay-On-Wye, the Castle Bookshop has so many old photo albums in it. Maybe they'd just had a delivery before I got there, but there must have been a hundred or so. The vast majority were as you'd expect - family snaps of no interest to anyone but the family. But a couple included some great pictures - and I strongly suspect they are going to sit there getting damp until they are thrown away.

If I was richer/had any free time I'd have bought the lot, scanned them all and hosted them. But, rather obviously, they're just sat there still.

Quite, quite sad. But I'm sure the same happens with writing, hand drawn art etc. etc. Let alone music that never even gets to paper. It's a shame.
 
we got all our transparencies...the ones we kept out of 1000's...of camera club stuff and family...scanned onto digital so now we can 'fiddle' around with them and get good prints easily

i did scan some prints from the albums but since they were machine prints the results werent too good...in fact after seeing some of the stuff here from dslrs'...they were abysmal...my scanned prints
 
I love digital, but there's no replacement for holding prints in your hands :)

drew
 
A few years ago when our local tip was just a piece of open ground to dump your rubbish anywhere, I picked up a discarded family album. It had photos from the 20s and 30s. It was a fabulous find, and I still have it. Scanning it is on the list of jobs to do.
 
I've got a set of old photographs of family members that I got off my Nan, including one from the around 1900 of my great great grandmother (possibly another great). Quite a few of when my Nan was old.

We went through a lot of our old photo's and put them into albums. Threw away lots as well, mostly old airshow shots.
 
KIPAX said:
Todays old fella at the cricket said to me.. "I know what will happen when my time comes.. they will all go in the bin"... and I thought yeagh.. thats probably right :(


My point? I havent got one other than to remind people who have always had the ability to show pics that its not always been possible..
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When I go, I want my photos to go to the bin. They are my memories, and is relevant only to me. It has no meaning to anybody else.

Also, I am not keen to share my photos with others. I have been subjected to infinite torture having to go through other people's albums. Atleast with prints, its usually limited to an album or two - with this digital malarky:), people seem to fill their hard drives with all sorts of random images. Which would have been OK, but for the fact that they insist others sit through their indefinite slide shows. I have no intention of doing that to others.
 
I've got thousands of prints in boxes, folders, albums, drawers as well as loads of sleeves full of transparencies. Got plenty of them scanned in and on assorted CDs, DVDs and HDDs. Relatively few online, mainly because on screen viewing isn't (IMO) the best way to display them. Yes, it's fine for showing cousin Sally 1/2 way round the world, or to give friends a quick glimpse of the view from your appartment overlooking the Med but for showing off your best photographs? I think not.
 
Nod said:
I've got thousands of prints in boxes, folders, albums, drawers as well as loads of sleeves full of transparencies. Got plenty of them scanned in and on assorted CDs, DVDs and HDDs. Relatively few online, mainly because on screen viewing isn't (IMO) the best way to display them. Yes, it's fine for showing cousin Sally 1/2 way round the world, or to give friends a quick glimpse of the view from your appartment overlooking the Med but for showing off your best photographs? I think not.
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Yer gonna hate me for this.. But... you say online isnt the best way to display them.... maybe not... but i would argue pictures sitting in a drawer isn't a better answer :) and that was my whole point.. so many people with so many fantastic pictures and no ones looking at them...
 
And putting your entire collection online IS?

A selection of my best pics hangs on my walls - they mean very little to other people, so why put them online to be ignored? I would far rather see even a 6x4 print than a screen res shot and a decent A4 or larger is even better.
 
Nod said:
And putting your entire collection online IS?

A selection of my best pics hangs on my walls - they mean very little to other people, so why put them online to be ignored? I would far rather see even a 6x4 print than a screen res shot and a decent A4 or larger is even better.
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Pictures should be seen IMHO rather than hidden away in a drawer... I dont see the point of having them if they are not to be looked at..thats just my opinion which of course will differ from others... :)
 
KIPAX said:
I was photographing cricket today and this old timer came over talking.. He told me how he used to take pictures... he has thousands... I (even though I guessed the answer) asked him where all these pictures are... "They are all at home in albums" was the reply..

This reminded me of the local Camera club.. A lot of people brought up on film who have drawes and cupboards full of photographs..

How sad is that and how blessed are we to ahve the www, a place to show all our pictures good and bad... ours arn't collecting dust they are being seen and even sold for some..

I bet theres some gems hidden away that will never be seen.. Todays old fella at the cricket said to me.. "I know what will happen when my time comes.. they will all go in the bin"... and I thought yeagh.. thats probably right :(


My point? I havent got one other than to remind people who have always had the ability to show pics that its not always been possible..


PING!!!! Maybe theres a business plan going begging... scanning peoples pics and putting onto the internet for them ? guaranteed hosting for x yrs..
Click to expand...

I know what you mean, but I wonder how many people now just store them on drives \ cds etc....in drawers! :)

Certainly the ability to share now is huge, but I'm one of those who still have plenty of holiday photos sitting on a hard-drive. I really need to get them into an album, as there is nothing like periodically sitting on the sofa and having a look through a SMALL album or two.

Al
 
I can see your point, but in this digital age we take far more pics than that old guy ever would have in the same time frame and not all those are what you'd call 'keepers'.

Photo's are personal to the photographer, taking a snapshot of what they saw to preserve it forever and whether that goes in a drawer, a hard disc or an art gallery is up to them.
If that old guy (or anyone) had wanted to show off their collection I would like to think they'd have done it already, or at least when they pass away those pics will be cherished by the next generation as that's how memories pass on, they go from the memory of an experience to the memory of a person.

My favourite pics (sometime's they're not the 'best') go on my walls or digital photo frames, some go into albums and some will end up on my website, I've got a flickr account that gets used once in a blue moon and my website's been unfinished for the last 2 years.
I don't want all my pictures on the web for everyone to see, a lot of them are personal and I'll share them with family and friends but that's what emails are for - I'd rather not have critique on a memory (and I mean that in the nicest possible way).

When I get round to it I'll put what I believe to be my best work online for people to see and hopefully someone will get some enjoyment and inspiration from them, but I'm in no rush, right now my photography is for me and I'm just loving it :D
 
I think its quite sad when you think about all his time, effort and memories going in the bin when hes no longer with us. Should like you said offer to scan things on the net for them, or ask for them to be donated to photography clubs or something, just so they are not wasted and they can be used for viewing or training etc.
 
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