Lamenting the (all but) Complete Death of Film
I have been going through an old shoe box of family photos from the 1970’s. There are some great shots in there (and some terrible ones) and they each bring back wonderful memories. But it got me thinking about the future of “family photos” in the digital era.
I don’t know about you, but I rarely print any of my digital photos. I think a lot of people are the same way. I think this makes the traditional family photo album an endangered species. And that is really kind of sad.
Here are a few gems from my past:
My brothers Brett (left) and Gregg seem to be really "jazzed" to be holding the new baby, yours truly.
A photographer is born at age 7. I was on the 'roids. Polaroids that is.
In the pool with mom. I am the one on the left.
It would be a tragedy for these types of photos to be relegated to computer wallpapers, and archive CD-ROMs . But I am afraid that is what will happen to many family photos in the future. I guess I should start printing more pics.
Do you print many of your digital photos? Leave me a comment and let me know!
November 12th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Unfortunately I don’t . . . plus anymore if you print them at home the inks seem to get a blue overcast over time. It even does that when I get them printed at photo places. Surely polaroid and film will be in vogue again some day and digital will just be a thing of the past . . . just like 70’s clothes and that couch your brothers are holding you on!
November 27th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
I know exactly what you mean – I have photo albums of me like yours, and I also have a hard drive full of photos that never get printed. Still I used to love the family slideshows my Dad used to do, and now our new TV has a USB port in the back I can plug in a memory stick and re-launch that family tradition for my kids but in a digital stylee……