Is it Just Me....
Aug 25, 2022 22:37:46 #
cahale
Loc: San Angelo, TX
EvKar wrote:
Sorry if this topic has come up before, but let me... (show quote)
The problem is that when you began taking pictures 50 years ago, they were, if not a rarity, then at least not in abundant supply. And even then, after viewing the first 97 of your vacation pictures/slides a few people in the room (all but one) became a bit jaded. Now, we produce thousands of "photographs" every minute, a great number of them "selfies" (disgusting invented word). And each is interest in their own only, or possibly a collage of some baby doing baby things. Or a teenager interested in who broke up with whom. This has made almost everyone disinterested in your product. Even on this forum, one can take only so many shots of relatives being relative, or birds being birdy. The interesting ones are those of places or animals (including people) with some unusual or elusive feature. I go through the "New Pictures" display almost daily, but look at only a select few. This has just become the nature of the game. Just remember, the only one you have to please is you (or whomever is paying you). If you post something interesting, I promise to look at it. Possibly even admire it.
Aug 26, 2022 09:20:01 #
EvKar wrote:
Sorry if this topic has come up before, but let me... (show quote)
Today, for many various reasons, still images are the LEAST valued objects on the planet !
Anyone and everyone can and do produce quite acceptable images - so, in general it will take very exceptional content and execution for anyone to become even interested in ANY image ! People are continually bombarded by images and most are so wrapped up in their own little worlds that it is difficult to acknowledge any thing else. They are living in the moment and could care less about memories.
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Aug 26, 2022 09:33:10 #
josquin1
Loc: Massachusetts
imagemeister wrote:
Today, for many various reasons, still images are ... (show quote)
Do you mean that they could care less and that they do care somewhat or do you mean the Couldn't care less?
Aug 26, 2022 10:40:36 #
[quote=EvKar]Sorry if this topic has come up before, but let me stir the pot. 
Call me Disappointed…
Been taking pictures for the last 50 years or so, and there was a time that I felt my pictures meant something to someone and that someone was appreciative of receiving them. But is it just me or have any others noticed that people don’t care about the pictures that you’ve taken… it is just your thing? .....
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I have been taking many photos over the years. Most of them are in albums. When the family (4 sons and their wives and children come to visit, these albums come out, usually at the request of the grandchildren who love to see their fathers as little kids.
When one of the daughters-in-law asked what was going to happen to these albums "later on" and could she have this one then ("This one" contained many photos of our oldest son, her husband) war almost broke out in our livingroom: "What about the photos of my husband? You want those too?"
What they did not know is that I was already having 3 more sets of the photos printed, and put them into albums, in exactly the same order and with the same stories as the album they were looking at.
They will not get them until I have finished the duplicate albums, or when I die - whichever comes firsts.
If I don't get finished, my oldest son will finish the duplication for me.
For me, doing this "work" brings back many happy memories; For the grandchildren, as they look at the photos, I tell them the stories behind the photos and so they learn about their family. For the daughters-in-law, it has stopped the possibility of war over the photos.
Esther
Call me Disappointed…
Been taking pictures for the last 50 years or so, and there was a time that I felt my pictures meant something to someone and that someone was appreciative of receiving them. But is it just me or have any others noticed that people don’t care about the pictures that you’ve taken… it is just your thing? .....
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I have been taking many photos over the years. Most of them are in albums. When the family (4 sons and their wives and children come to visit, these albums come out, usually at the request of the grandchildren who love to see their fathers as little kids.
When one of the daughters-in-law asked what was going to happen to these albums "later on" and could she have this one then ("This one" contained many photos of our oldest son, her husband) war almost broke out in our livingroom: "What about the photos of my husband? You want those too?"
What they did not know is that I was already having 3 more sets of the photos printed, and put them into albums, in exactly the same order and with the same stories as the album they were looking at.
They will not get them until I have finished the duplicate albums, or when I die - whichever comes firsts.
If I don't get finished, my oldest son will finish the duplication for me.
For me, doing this "work" brings back many happy memories; For the grandchildren, as they look at the photos, I tell them the stories behind the photos and so they learn about their family. For the daughters-in-law, it has stopped the possibility of war over the photos.
Esther
Aug 26, 2022 11:57:02 #
EvKar,
Good letter ,love all the responses and it makes me happy that our group (UHH) is so diverse ! Love it and this is why they have black / white ,colored film or what ever ! I enjoy all the responses immensely!
Good letter ,love all the responses and it makes me happy that our group (UHH) is so diverse ! Love it and this is why they have black / white ,colored film or what ever ! I enjoy all the responses immensely!
Aug 26, 2022 11:59:26 #
I never display my work publicly and on occasion with family or a loved-one. I am only an amateur at best and rarely revisit them except once in a while. They are only important to me and that's about the sum of it.
If someone likes and wants a copy, I am floored and unprepared for that surprise. I have done several weddings but again, only to family at cost and never for profit.
It's just a hobby that I love and nothing else.
If someone likes and wants a copy, I am floored and unprepared for that surprise. I have done several weddings but again, only to family at cost and never for profit.
It's just a hobby that I love and nothing else.
Aug 26, 2022 13:13:50 #
Blair Shaw Jr wrote:
I never display my work publicly and on occasion w... (show quote)
You and I are in the same boat.
Aug 26, 2022 13:25:42 #
stanikon wrote:
You and I are in the same boat.
Make it three people in the boat, I the same way.
Aug 26, 2022 13:30:24 #
Bill 45 wrote:
Make it three people in the boat, I the same way.
I have to ask: What is the capacity of the boat?
Or do I have to get my own boat?
Aug 26, 2022 13:31:47 #
I mainly take pictures for my own enjoyment, but I also like to take selected images (ones I think are my better images) and have picture books made, or framed prints, etc., and I give them out as Birthday or Christmas presents. I know that my relatives and friends enjoy the images I have shared with them in this manner. I know I'm no Ansel Adams, so the fact that people are not clamoring to see my images doesn't really bother me. Besides, there are so many billions of images out there on the net that it's not surprising that people are not as enthused as they might once have been.
Aug 26, 2022 13:33:23 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
I have to ask: What is the capacity of the boat?
Or do I have to get my own boat?
Or do I have to get my own boat?
No end to the number of people who want to get into the boat.
Aug 26, 2022 13:38:11 #
Bill 45 wrote:
No end to the number of people who want to get into the boat.
"We're gonna need a bigger boat"
Aug 26, 2022 13:39:22 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
I have to ask: What is the capacity of the boat?
Or do I have to get my own boat?
Or do I have to get my own boat?
The possible capacity is infinite. All are welcome. Maybe we should start a club just for those in the boat. I'm sure someone could come up with a catchy name. Then we could start displaying our photographic efforts to other members and the public at large. No...wait...that defeats the purpose. Oh well...
I have to say I do belong to an excellent photography club and I am quite active in it although I rarely display any of my own work to the club or anyone else. I attend the meetings mostly to try to improve my own photography by observing what others do and how they do it, but that is just for myself, not my extensive fan club of one person.
Aug 26, 2022 13:47:39 #
Hi EvKar,
I know the feeling. I live in a 55+ community and am the official neighborhood photographer and videographer. When there is a community-sponsored event such as a dance, cookout, hike or charity drive, I will take photos and videos and assemble them into a brief (3-5 minute) slide show. I convert this to a YouTube video and post it on our community Facebook page. Typically I'll get over 100 views. If I'm lucky, 3 or 4 people will "like" the video. Only on rare occasions will more than 2 or3 people post a comment. Occasionally, someone I meet on my daily walk will say that they enjoyed the video. It bothered me at first that my efforts to document our events were not appreciated by a large percentage of my neighbors. Then I realized that I get a great deal of enjoyment in producing the videos and that's all the "payment" I actually need.
I know the feeling. I live in a 55+ community and am the official neighborhood photographer and videographer. When there is a community-sponsored event such as a dance, cookout, hike or charity drive, I will take photos and videos and assemble them into a brief (3-5 minute) slide show. I convert this to a YouTube video and post it on our community Facebook page. Typically I'll get over 100 views. If I'm lucky, 3 or 4 people will "like" the video. Only on rare occasions will more than 2 or3 people post a comment. Occasionally, someone I meet on my daily walk will say that they enjoyed the video. It bothered me at first that my efforts to document our events were not appreciated by a large percentage of my neighbors. Then I realized that I get a great deal of enjoyment in producing the videos and that's all the "payment" I actually need.
Aug 26, 2022 14:22:03 #
Bill 45 wrote:
No end to the number of people who want to get into the boat.
Got room for one more?
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