On Aug 11, 2013, at 10:55 , Paul Sorenson wrote:
> I think I've posted this link before, but it's no less valid...
>
> http://www.shutterbug.com/content/point-view-prints-are-precious-or-praise-shoebox
>
> And...after you've made a print of family members, note on the back who they
> are. I h
I think I've posted this link before, but it's no less valid...
http://www.shutterbug.com/content/point-view-prints-are-precious-or-praise-shoebox
And...after you've made a print of family members, note on the back who
they are. I have prints from early in the 20th century that I know are
fam
On Aug 10, 2013, at 2:22 PM, George Sinos wrote:
> That is the viewpoint from a collector, of course. If we don't
> produce any artifacts now, there won't be anything to collect later.
>
> The basic concept has been brought up several times over the last many
> years. Not only do people not m
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bill
> Sent: 11 August 2013 04:58
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> Subject: Re: A thought-provoking conversation on the death of
> "snapshots"
>
> On 10/08/2013 12:44 PM, John wrote:
> > I don'
On 10/08/2013 12:44 PM, John wrote:
I don't think snapshots have anything to do with "best work".
Cartier-Bresson, as brilliant a photographer as he was, was little more
than a snapshooter. If I am not mistaken, his printing was done by a lab.
just sayin.
They're memories we want (need?) to
acy for those
still living.
Alan C
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On Aug 10, 2013, at 07:13 , Darren Addy wrote:
http://p
on 2013-08-10 14:06 Aahz Maruch wrote
Let me introduce you to a friend of mine, Areskwared. Areskwared sez
that signals degrade too rapidly for your idea to work.
i plan to amplify the signal: i will make the sun supernova in a way that
encodes my images
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On Aug 10, 2013, at 07:13 , 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 tho
On Sat, Aug 10, 2013, steve harley wrote:
>
> i think the perfect archiving system is a radio signal broadcast to
> the heavens; right now someone is receiving the original broadcast
> of Merv Griffin's first show!
>
> if the beings nearby don't receive it, there are always farther
> stars; and ev
On 10 Aug 2013, at 19:59, steve harley wrote:
> on 2013-08-10 10:42 Bill wrote
>> Very few people actually do any sort of back-ups at all
>> on their computers, the vast majority of people are totally dependent on the
>> one copy of the file they have tucked away in "My Documents/My Pictures"
>>
on 2013-08-10 13:22 George Sinos wrote
Apple, Google, Smugmug and others may help a little bit as photos
taken on a phone can automatically be copied to the Internet, but when
the person quits using the account (for whatever reason) all of those
photos go away.
there are people giving thought t
That is the viewpoint from a collector, of course. If we don't
produce any artifacts now, there won't be anything to collect later.
The basic concept has been brought up several times over the last many
years. Not only do people not make prints, they don't get the photos
off of their devices. I
on 2013-08-10 10:42 Bill wrote
Very few people actually do any sort of back-ups at all
on their computers, the vast majority of people are totally dependent on the
one copy of the file they have tucked away in "My Documents/My Pictures"
lasting forever.
i think that is changing as the capacity
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 "sho
On 10/08/2013 10:29 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
I too think the tangible picture you can hold is valuable.
Regards, Bob S.
The problem with digital photography is that people tend to not make
prints from them. They share them on social media, they send them as
email attachments, but the images t
Ann,
Like you, I still have boxes of prints and slides.
Long ago I dumped about 1/3 of the slides for errors.
No need to keep poorly focused or camera shake slides.
I have most print and some albums I've assembled as well.
On the digital side, I'm less ruthless - keeping all but the worst shots.
St
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 loca
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