Sunday, January 16, 2011
PHOTOS CAPTURE MOMENTS
One January project is the organization of the family photographs from the last few months. Finished scrapbooking Christmas 2010 and finding photos for the new frames received as gifts. Since digital technology helped reduce the cost of enlargements, I make many of my photos into those larger sizes. It becomes a dilemma - do I frame them and put them on the wall or a surface? or do I simply put them in an album for larger prints? I take many pictures because I love to capture the memories of the events in my life. My travel albums, for example, were scrapbooked long before the concept became trendy. I revisit them occasionally as I like to reread the little vignettes I wrote in them. Some of those earlier stories have been used in my blog along with the travel photos. Many people now just leave their photos in computer files, on their phone or on Facebook for the world to see. For me, the majority of pictures are out in full view in my home but kept private. There are some cute ones of the grandchildren- for some reason it is easy to take moments that are so endearing! What are your favourite photos? Is your home inundated with pictures or are they tucked away?
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"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever. . . it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything" (Aaron Sussman).
ReplyDeleteMost of my photos are tucked away. I keep a current series of photos of my children and grand-children and partner on my fridge door as reminders of what are most important in my life.