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... with the pictures you've taken and decide to keep? I'm not relating this question to pro togs as I can guess what they do with theirs ;). I've found that I enjoy going out and taking pictures but don't really use them for anything, all they do is fill up my hard drive.
So, do you go out with the intention of taking a shot that you want to frame and hang up or do you use it to make an artistic documentation of your trip? I'm just interested why we all indulge in a rather costly hobby :lol:
 
I try to look through them at least once in a while, and I print my favourites to put around the house. Not done a printing run in a while actually, I really should sometime soon.

IMO there's nothing more that cozies up a house than photos hanging on the walls... and I've been to some pretty strange places too, so they are often a conversation starter, when showed in a print or on the computer.
 
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The best go on my website and/or are printed and displayed on my wall or on family members/friends walls, a few on a couple of other sites, I'm not so fussy what goes on my face book so a lot end up on there.
The rest are periodically cleared out, the good ones kept, the rest deleted.
 
I still print a lot of images, and enjoy the best ones by hanging them on a wall.
 
Just Dave said:
I archive all my what I conciser good shots, hey you can look back and se how carp you was :thumbs:
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Just did that tonight actually, had a look at some of my old HDR attempts too... god I nearly needed a bucket to puke into :lol:
 
I can see where the op is coming from as I am guilty of filling up my hard drive myself! The cost of digital printing is nowadays really cheap so I have started to print my favourites off and hanging them on the wall.

When I get bored of them, I just print some more off and swap them over. I currently have a wall in the dining room where I have opposite seasonal photos. For instance, in Autumn/Winter, I have Spring/Summer photos up on the wall and vice versa.

I use Tesco printing as its cheap, not brilliant quality but the photos normally get binned after a couple of months and new ones put up.
 
trencheel303 said:
IMO there's nothing more that cozies up a house than photos hanging on the walls... and I've been to some pretty strange places too, so they are often a conversation starter, when showed in a print or on the computer.
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True, but considering I still live with my parents I'm not too sure they'd be very happy hanging pictures everywhere :D

Just Dave said:
I archive all my what I conciser good shots, hey you can look back and se how carp you was :thumbs:
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I may start doing this, the pictures are starting to pile up from getting used to the camera so fair few could be binned easily!

Just Dave said:
Ah well not seen any of your work yet so cant comment

Have you posted any yet :thinking:

Cant remember any :thinking:
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Was this question aimed at me? If so I posted in the motorsport ages ago but none of that is what I would class as hanging on a wall worthy, it was more for critique. There aren't many pictures on here but this is what I consider to be some of my best so far :thumbs:

Murph said:
I select my favourites at the end of the year and make a photobook out of them. It's a nice chronological reminder of what I have done and also hopefully shows to me how I am improving year on year.
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:thinking: I quite like this idea!


Quaker said:
For instance, in Autumn/Winter, I have Spring/Summer photos up on the wall and vice versa.
I use Tesco printing as its cheap, not brilliant quality but the photos normally get binned after a couple of months and new ones put up.
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Cool! How much and what size if you don't mind me asking?
 
Prints. most keepers get printed to 6x4 (eventually) then the enprints are used as proofs to help me decide which may be worth printing larger. The chosen ones get printed to A4 then any I feel worth the paper, ink and effort get done at A3.
 
I was in a house the other day where the whole stair watt was full of small prints of family, holidays, portraits everything. It was like a wall of that families history, it was fascinating at quite an attractive feature of the house.

Failing htat, there is always the digital photo frame option? My wifes gran likes me to update her frame with whatever "pretty pictures" I've taken lately. usually just landscapes and pictures of my wife etc, but she likes it and its a bit more subtle than getting the albums out everytime people come round!
 
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i put mine onto an external hard-drive then thin them out every so often
 
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