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Jul 26, 2012 07:48:41   #
normanhall Loc: Leslie Missouri
 
rocar7 wrote:
I know we mostly take photos for what you might call "artistic" reasons, but does anyone take photos as a record? Obviously pictures of our family and pets and so forth, in other words the personal type of photo, are record photos, but what about other things?

Some time back in the early eighties I took a photo in the Dorset sea-side town of Swanage when I was on holiday with the family. Last year I took another photo from more or less the same place. It is interesting to look at how much, or little, things have changed in 30 years. The interest lies in looking back all that time.

So, should I be taking lots of photos of my home town and so on for future generations to pore over? If so, I need to include cars, buses. shops etc. All those things that make old photos interesting.

So, back to my original question - does anyone take photos to form a record?
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i am always taking photos around town just to have. Here lately i have been photographing a motel in the downtown area that is being torn down. it was built in the early 60's Once it is gone it is gone and all that is left is the memory of the older generation and maybe the images you have captured to preserve it for future generations. There are a couple of restaurants here that display images of the old days of Danville some go back as far as the late 1800's. It is nice to see those images and compare to today. Who knows one day some of my image or yours will be hanging on a wall or archived in the city history.

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Jul 26, 2012 07:56:29   #
boroboy51 Loc: middle earth
 
rocar7 wrote:
I know we mostly take photos for what you might call "artistic" reasons, but does anyone take photos as a record? Obviously pictures of our family and pets and so forth, in other words the personal type of photo, are record photos, but what about other things?

Some time back in the early eighties I took a photo in the Dorset sea-side town of Swanage when I was on holiday with the family. Last year I took another photo from more or less the same place. It is interesting to look at how much, or little, things have changed in 30 years. The interest lies in looking back all that time.

So, should I be taking lots of photos of my home town and so on for future generations to pore over? If so, I need to include cars, buses. shops etc. All those things that make old photos interesting.

So, back to my original question - does anyone take photos to form a record?
I know we mostly take photos for what you might ca... (show quote)

Not on purpose, but like many others I have photo's that show changes, but not nearly enough. Keep it up. I wish I'd had a good camera growing up in the 50's, imagine the changes.

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Jul 26, 2012 11:19:48   #
rocar7 Loc: Alton, England
 
francesca3 wrote:
jeep_daddy wrote:
rocar7 wrote:
I know we mostly take photos for what you might call "artistic" reasons, but does anyone take photos as a record? Obviously pictures of our family and pets and so forth, in other words the personal type of photo, are record photos, but what about other things?

Some time back in the early eighties I took a photo in the Dorset sea-side town of Swanage when I was on holiday with the family. Last year I took another photo from more or less the same place. It is interesting to look at how much, or little, things have changed in 30 years. The interest lies in looking back all that time.

So, should I be taking lots of photos of my home town and so on for future generations to pore over? If so, I need to include cars, buses. shops etc. All those things that make old photos interesting.

So, back to my original question - does anyone take photos to form a record?
I know we mostly take photos for what you might ca... (show quote)


Sure. I've taken pictures of my car and the other car when involved in a fender bender. The drivers license of the other driver. I've taken pictures of many projects involving the transformation of a stock Jeep CJ7 into an off road worthy piece of transportation. I take pictures of things as I take them apart so I can put em back together. I take pictures of stuff I see in stores so I can remember what it was that I might want more information on before I purchase it. I've taken pictures of the inside of my house for insurance purposes. I've take video too. I've taken pictures of my camera equipment for insurance purposes too. I take pictures of people that look suspicious if I think I can do so without being noticed. No sense in putting myself in harms way if the person is up to no good. I've taken pictures of other photographers I meet because it helps me to remember their names. Many more reasons that I make image records.
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Clever you. Lots of great reasons to use images to make records of things.
quote=jeep_daddy quote=rocar7 I know we mostly t... (show quote)


Not quite what I had in mind. I was thinking more of future generations, and their interest in the "old days".

Or was that a heavy-handed attempt at humour?

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Jul 27, 2012 14:51:56   #
jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ
 
rocar7 wrote:
francesca3 wrote:
jeep_daddy wrote:
rocar7 wrote:
I know we mostly take photos for what you might call "artistic" reasons, but does anyone take photos as a record? Obviously pictures of our family and pets and so forth, in other words the personal type of photo, are record photos, but what about other things?

Some time back in the early eighties I took a photo in the Dorset sea-side town of Swanage when I was on holiday with the family. Last year I took another photo from more or less the same place. It is interesting to look at how much, or little, things have changed in 30 years. The interest lies in looking back all that time.

So, should I be taking lots of photos of my home town and so on for future generations to pore over? If so, I need to include cars, buses. shops etc. All those things that make old photos interesting.

So, back to my original question - does anyone take photos to form a record?
I know we mostly take photos for what you might ca... (show quote)


Sure. I've taken pictures of my car and the other car when involved in a fender bender. The drivers license of the other driver. I've taken pictures of many projects involving the transformation of a stock Jeep CJ7 into an off road worthy piece of transportation. I take pictures of things as I take them apart so I can put em back together. I take pictures of stuff I see in stores so I can remember what it was that I might want more information on before I purchase it. I've taken pictures of the inside of my house for insurance purposes. I've take video too. I've taken pictures of my camera equipment for insurance purposes too. I take pictures of people that look suspicious if I think I can do so without being noticed. No sense in putting myself in harms way if the person is up to no good. I've taken pictures of other photographers I meet because it helps me to remember their names. Many more reasons that I make image records.
quote=rocar7 I know we mostly take photos for wha... (show quote)


Clever you. Lots of great reasons to use images to make records of things.
quote=jeep_daddy quote=rocar7 I know we mostly t... (show quote)


Not quite what I had in mind. I was thinking more of future generations, and their interest in the "old days".

Or was that a heavy-handed attempt at humour?
quote=francesca3 quote=jeep_daddy quote=rocar7 ... (show quote)


Not at all. That is exactly what I though you were asking about. I don't care about taking pictures of my town or surrounding towns to record how they are because I won't be around long enough to see what they become. If I was 20 years old and I thought of this, I might see a point in recording images of the area as a matter of record. I know what will happen to my images when I'm gone and they won't be in some high priced auction house - that's for sure.

I've purchased framed images like this that were taken in the early 1900's and 'had' them on my walls for many years. I got tired of them and sold them in a garage sale.

It doesn't mean that I don't like taking pictures of my town, just not for a record. I like them because I see something that pleases me.

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