What do you do with your photos?
Nov 24, 2017 11:40:34 #
A few have asked about electronic picture frames. You can find them at BestBuy, WalMart, Amazon, etc. But, for the fun of it I did a search.
I had NO IDEA that there was a high end for them. This one looks gorgeous!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=23&v=_W47klM8Eus
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1268399-REG/memento_electronics_m35a001_35_decorative_smart_digital.html?sts=pi
https://mementosmartframe.com/
I had NO IDEA that there was a high end for them. This one looks gorgeous!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=23&v=_W47klM8Eus
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1268399-REG/memento_electronics_m35a001_35_decorative_smart_digital.html?sts=pi
https://mementosmartframe.com/
Nov 24, 2017 11:41:42 #
toxdoc42 wrote:
I saved over a thousand shots, culled down from even more, on a recent Mediterranean cruise. My wife said, no more photo albums. What do you all do with your photos, after you enjoyed taking them and culling out the really awful "mistakes?"
Print them for my wall and to sell.
Enter them into photography shows.
Print large, coffee-table type books.
Give them away sometimes.
Use them in teaching occasionally.
Look at them everyday.
Play with them to learn more software.
Post them on Flickr.
Post them on my photo website.
Post them on my viathelens.net (Lightroom website).
Enter contests on viewbug.com.
Nov 24, 2017 11:45:17 #
I save all my most important photos on the cloud. I had a major loss when my computer crashed and I lost it all. I believe that your computer is just 1 small hiccup from disaster.
Nov 24, 2017 12:07:16 #
I select the best to print and hang them in a mosaic on the wall. Also, I aggregate my yearly travel images on an SD and plug it into a monitor which costantly displays the images on a random mode. This way i revisit, to my enjoynent, all of my travels over and over.
Nov 24, 2017 12:12:51 #
toxdoc42 wrote:
I saved over a thousand shots, culled down from even more, on a recent Mediterranean cruise. My wife said, no more photo albums. What do you all do with your photos, after you enjoyed taking them and culling out the really awful "mistakes?"
I have approx. 10 T/Bs on 3 hard drives.
I have scanned all of my old slides and prints + Digital camera pictures to my HD they are now at 3,000+.
I put all files in folders by Date 1st and then description.
I also have them backed up on external Hard Drives.
I also have all files backed up on DVD,s.
In case of a fire I remove the external drives and run outside.
I have a great number of DVD back up disks that are many, many years old that have never gone bad.
This is my routine and I'm sticking with it.
Nov 24, 2017 12:34:59 #
I also go with the Blurb printed books (about 15 to date in a 12x12 format). On a recent trip to India I took approx. 3,500 photos and edited down to about 200 for the book. To keep it interesting for others I have a section in the back of the book that I call the "Personal Gallery". This is where I put people standing in front of things. This keeps the viewer focused on subjects that are interesting (most of my books are on travel) and keeps the boredom factor to a minimum. I include a dedication, map and an essay. The essay explains my motivation and inspiration for the trip and how it might relate to my curiosity for the areas visited. My friends all look forward to seeing my finished work. Usually takes 2 to 3 months to complete.
Nov 24, 2017 12:50:49 #
I keep 35 size slides, large slides and negatives in drawers (dry 80 000 + slides storage) the memory cards in plastic sleeves (a calculated risk) and about ten years worth of JPEG and RAW images on computer - with a backup, filed by date. Large prints on different places around the house for viewing.
Nov 24, 2017 12:56:21 #
Nov 24, 2017 13:56:30 #
First off, I never delete anything. Secondly, a good many of my photographs are printed, either 11x18 or 16x20 or larger. A good many folks seem to think that photography ends with a small image on a computer laptop screen. It's the print that counts.
--Bob
--Bob
toxdoc42 wrote:
I saved over a thousand shots, culled down from even more, on a recent Mediterranean cruise. My wife said, no more photo albums. What do you all do with your photos, after you enjoyed taking them and culling out the really awful "mistakes?"
Nov 24, 2017 14:07:27 #
photoman022
Loc: Manchester CT USA
I print most of my keepers; unfortunately, my wife doesn't appreciate 11x14 photographs and I've been banished to posting them in my office and on the staircase leading to my office. The only time I view my digital copies is when I'm looking for a photo to edit (or re-edit) (and possibly print -- but :( never show).
Nov 24, 2017 14:15:51 #
Remember your kids and grandkids might want to study them to see what life was like fir them. So make sure each photo has a clearly written label giving place, time, people, and occassion. In my families old photo albums I found 'cutsy' names that meant something to the writer that were a mystery to me. Those albums will be one of the things tbey have to remember them by. Make as many identical akbums as you have kids, just in case. Those albums are your history.
CaltechNerd wrote:
Same thing we did with our photo albums. Look at them once, show to friends and neighbors once, then stuff them in a corner never to be looked at again :-)
Nov 24, 2017 14:25:56 #
Nov 24, 2017 14:32:45 #
rook2c4 wrote:
I pick out the very best, print them and organize them into photo albums on a rainy day.
For me, if an image is not worth printing, it's not worth keeping.
For me, if an image is not worth printing, it's not worth keeping.
Nov 24, 2017 15:07:08 #
Sort out what I want to print and scrap the rest.After the keepers are printed I scrap those files also. Other than family stuff I print very few. I am not one to like a hoard of stuff that I will seldom if ever look at again. In most cases no one will care in the least.
Nov 24, 2017 16:03:01 #
I have made a few coffee-table books and I find that people really like to look at them. High quality production and only my best photos. Of course, I have the photos on my computer but nobody can see them there.
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