"Real Pictures" vs. Online Photography

fureverywhere

fureverywhere

beloved friend who will always be with us in spiri
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I just had a pleasant time doing something I have always found enjoyable, sorting photos. I've learned how to work the pharmacy machines. I have to admit this instant development is so much easier than back in the day. Now you can pick the pics you like in the camera and then pick the best ones to print. I still have my little 110 Kodak somewhere. Remember when you dropped off the film roll and waited a week or more? Then you got the whole roll, even if it was an overexposed blur. You just hoped for the best. But now you get exactly the shots you want.

The difference is I know many people just keep their photos in their electronic device and/or computers. I prefer to have pictures to put in real live photo albums. It's like print books, yes you can go electronic but I like paper. How about you?
 

Well it is funny you should say that Forever.
Only today I have started going through some of my regular album and loose pictures of holidays etc. and taking a picture of them using my brand new LG G3 smartphone camera with 13 megapixels. This is because although I will keep all of my albums, I want to digitise all of the pictures I really love. This little lot is going to take quite a while, but it is lovely to just look back more easily at pictures taken in the past on any computer or laptop or tablet etc. and even use Wi Fi to stream them to my 65 inch 4K telly.
Just like the one below of my Wife and I in Benidorm a few years ago.

I am not meaning to boast you understand.
I am just explaining what I am doing, and with what! :cool:


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Fur-EW, I only use digital cameras, but, I do still enjoy looking through my old albums and I keep a sort of collage of older pictures featuring family and friendson my walls. Jus a few of those pics are from this decade mostly.


BoozC, nice looking couple. That's a mighty generous helping of juice, I'm seeing where the Nick comes from. :D
 

That is a beautiful picture, thank you for sharing! Something I would like to do is take pictures of the oldest pictures. My Mom as a teen. Hubby's grandparents wedding pics from back in the old country. The old prints tend to fade. The one of my Mom isn't in direct sunlight but even reflection can mess them up. A digital backup is probably a good idea.
 
fureverywhere said:
That is a beautiful picture, thank you for sharing! Something I would like to do is take pictures of the oldest pictures. My Mom as a teen. Hubby's grandparents wedding pics from back in the old country. The old prints tend to fade. The one of my Mom isn't in direct sunlight but even reflection can mess them up. A digital backup is probably a good idea.
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I do both! I've got pics in scrapbooks and photoalbums, and stored on discs.

My MIL got this pic of us:

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Oooops. Gotta click on it to see it. Nope, it's okay. It was taken last February but stored in the Labor Day file. Never mind LOL!!
 
I love it that so many are posting photos of themselves and their loved ones. :) It's great to see who we are talking to. But Boozercruiser, what in the heck are you drinking out of? :) It looks like pitcher size! :)

I prefer traditional photos but due to the cost of paper and ink I can't print out 40 million photos a year, plus it would overwhelm me. I have about 7 photo albums and 7 or 8 shoe box size of photos in my closet from the past. The last 15 years I store everything on an external hard drive and or flash drives. I print out photos to put around the house but that's about it.
 
I love old photographs. I have both of my grandmothers when they were teenagers. How great is that. Sadly I only have one box of photos left from my early life. But the reminiscing is such fun. Now I use digital always and get prints and disc at the drugstore. I think it's nice that we can "see" each other in a way. Makes conversation here more personal somehow.
 
I store all my pictures on USB Flashdrives..My wife enjoys scrapbooking of the Grandkids and We take the flashdrives to wally world and have the ones she wants printed..trink40.gif
 
Linda said:
I love it that so many are posting photos of themselves and their loved ones. :) It's great to see who we are talking to. But Boozercruiser, what in the heck are you drinking out of? :) It looks like pitcher size! :)

I prefer traditional photos but due to the cost of paper and ink I can't print out 40 million photos a year, plus it would overwhelm me. I have about 7 photo albums and 7 or 8 shoe box size of photos in my closet from the past. The last 15 years I store everything on an external hard drive and or flash drives. I print out photos to put around the house but that's about it.
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Good morning Linda and folks, and thank you for your kind remarks there.
That Beer Glass I am drinking from is 1 Litre, which are quite common in Spain and abroad. The next glass down is a half Litre, but that isn't enough Beer for me!:playful:
Gosh! it isn't even a pint!
Yikes!

That photo of me and my Wife was digitised and simply taken by hovering my smartphone camera over the picture while using LED lights (any lights will do, or even daylight is fine) on the kitchen worktop.
Only now I have a thousand or two more to digitise!!!:cool:
 
fureverywhere said:
That is a beautiful picture, thank you for sharing! Something I would like to do is take pictures of the oldest pictures. My Mom as a teen. Hubby's grandparents wedding pics from back in the old country. The old prints tend to fade. The one of my Mom isn't in direct sunlight but even reflection can mess them up. A digital backup is probably a good idea.
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Yes, so what are you waiting for then F?!:D
 
We are only one generation away from oblivion as one of my aunts once told me when she handed me a box of photos of people that I had no knowledge of including those brownish photos of relatives standing next to those old cars with spoked wheels. Photos were not as common back then and today they are overwhelming. I think that women are more in to it than men as tenders of family matters...
 
Pookie said:
I do both! I've got pics in scrapbooks and photoalbums, and stored on discs.

My MIL got this pic of us:

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Oooops. Gotta click on it to see it. Nope, it's okay. It was taken last February but stored in the Labor Day file. Never mind LOL!!
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Aaahhhh Bless.
Nice one.
All lubbly and cuddly like!
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I enjoy digital pictures that are tagged for easy recalling when I want to show someone a particular picture. I have well over 22,000 pictures of cars, people, events, etc. I have taken some really beautiful pictures from when I flew for United and while I was in the cockpit flying over mountains and along shorelines. I keep all of my pictures exclusively on a 1TB external drive. I also have scanned and digitized thousands of old B/W photos from the old box cameras from back in the day. Like so many other people, I took up photography as a hobby (or side interest) at one time and spent mega bucks on all of the technology that would become available. Today, I only take pictures of what I want to look at again and again.
 
oldman said:
I enjoy digital pictures that are tagged for easy recalling when I want to show someone a particular picture. I have well over 22,000 pictures of cars, people, events, etc. I have taken some really beautiful pictures from when I flew for United and while I was in the cockpit flying over mountains and along shorelines. I keep all of my pictures exclusively on a 1TB external drive. I also have scanned and digitized thousands of old B/W photos from the old box cameras from back in the day. Like so many other people, I took up photography as a hobby (or side interest) at one time and spent mega bucks on all of the technology that would become available. Today, I only take pictures of what I want to look at again and again.
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Nice one
So come on OldMan.
How about posting some?:D
 
I've got boxes of old photos from childhood and from adulthood until 2000. After that all are digital. I've scanned a few old photos. And I enlarge and get printed some of my favourite digital ones that I want to frame. I have more than 10,000 photos in my online Flickr album and those are after dumping the ones that weren't good enough.

Since we are sharing photos: These are 2009 in Uganda - I was just a girl of 57.
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boozercruiser said:
Well it is funny you should say that Forever.
Only today I have started going through some of my regular album and loose pictures of holidays etc. and taking a picture of them using my brand new LG G3 smartphone camera with 13 megapixels. This is because although I will keep all of my albums, I want to digitise all of the pictures I really love. This little lot is going to take quite a while, but it is lovely to just look back more easily at pictures taken in the past on any computer or laptop or tablet etc. and even use Wi Fi to stream them to my 65 inch 4K telly.
Just like the one below of my Wife and I in Benidorm a few years ago.

I am not meaning to boast you understand.
I am just explaining what I am doing, and with what! :cool:


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Now I know I'm getting old. I took one look at Boozercruiser's upright trough there and had to go pee.

Love that pic! You two look so nice and happy it makes me want to join you at the table!
 
Ameriscot said:
I've got boxes of old photos from childhood and from adulthood until 2000. After that all are digital. I've scanned a few old photos. And I enlarge and get printed some of my favourite digital ones that I want to frame. I have more than 10,000 photos in my online Flickr album and those are after dumping the ones that weren't good enough.

Since we are sharing photos: These are 2009 in Uganda - I was just a girl of 57.
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57, my tail. You look 37.

Imposter! She ain't no senior! :D
 
Oh Pookie I love that picture! Let me see if I can find a picture of me that I can stand...not an ego issue it's just that as a natural redhead my skin comes out so ruddy...
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