I don't think snapshots have anything to do with "best work".
They're memories we want (need?) to keep. The important images aren't
even on the paper.
On 8/10/2013 11:19 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Well I'm with you on only showing what you think are decent images..
Somewhere I read years ago "show only your best work" but I don't
adhere strictly to that in our forum.
I do keep virtually (but not in the internet sense) all my slides in
boxes because there are a lot of shots that inform location,sometimes I
took shots of a sign specifying an animal species at zoos, milage to,
etc.. and every BW negative and contact sheet I have are stored in 3
ring binders. Plus lots of snapshots form my youth - many taken by my
mother.
still take snaps to share memories with friends.. but yeah, you should
record some family stuff - and print the ones _other_ people want...
even if they aren't up to your standard of photography.
that show looks interesting , actually.
ann
On 8/10/2013 10:13, Darren Addy wrote:
http://petapixel.com/2013/08/09/photo-collector-robert-e-jackson-on-the-death-of-the-snapshot/
I realize that PDML is more about jokes, puns, etc. than serious
discussion, but I thought the conversation in the above video contains
some thought-provoking stuff. Speaking for myself, since I like to
think I know a bit about photography, I only "show" what I think are
decent images. I don't show (or even tend to TAKE as much as I should)
the mundane snapshot, let alone put them on my Flickr photostream or
make prints of them.
I just haven't been THAT kind of photographer. I think I need to
change my whole approach. I feel bad that my granddaughter, Hazel,
isn't going to have a big dresser drawer of "one off" prints like I
know resides at my parent's house. And I need to get my act together
to better archive digitally ALL of the images that i produce, both the
good and the bad.
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