I've all but stopped taking pictures of things. Who am I showing them to? Why? No one outside my family cares about that moment, and my family is usually there in the moment. I don't store pictures, never go back and look at them. All I really want are the memories, and to share them with my kids.
you dont always have to post it. i like to photos to help jog memories of that time. i understand i can’t remember everything, but i can take pictures of things i think are significant enough to remember.
I go to symphony concerts monthly. Not a single time where the person next to me wasn't fiddling with their phone often without turning down the brightness with tapping sound on.
I've been astonished how many times they're typing away at the most emotional moments of the music.
I said something like this during the total eclipse while all my friends were fiddling with their phone settings trying to get a great shot. I didn't take a single one.
Document document document! Think about posterity! 😭
There's a story I love about a man's favourite meal being the duck his wife ate while on a trip to the city without him, but her subsequent description was such that he could vividly envision the meal.
I've been berated by friends for not taking the "shot", and the fact is, as a photographer, I know when I have no choice but take the shot, and when to just enjoy the moment. That being said, I'll take the shot almost all the time, cause, shit, it's a good photograph.
I saw a beautiful sunset the other day. I did take a photo and share it online but it was mostly to share with my friends because I wanted them to see how beautiful it is. But sometimes I just look at things and use them as inspiration later
I take so many photos of mundane stuff just for myself, it doesn't count for much at the time but scrolling google photos turns it into a visual diary to fill in the blanks times when I suddenly and wonder where the hell the last three months (or five years) went.
As a photographer people always found it funny that i didnt always scramble to take photos of stuff like this and instead watched and enjoyed them.. sometimes its abt appreciating the beauty
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I've been astonished how many times they're typing away at the most emotional moments of the music.
Meanwhile, me, with memory problems, and is terrified of forgetting loved ones and precious memories: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷
I was less poetic about it, of course.
They remember trying to record it.
I know what I'd prefer.
There's a story I love about a man's favourite meal being the duck his wife ate while on a trip to the city without him, but her subsequent description was such that he could vividly envision the meal.
Live in the moment, but please share!
https://youtu.be/1asBOCAmgaw