Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Picture-taking

I've been thinking about pictures.  Each time I go on some outing, and take a ton of pictures (read, about 80), I think back.  When I was 12, I took 24 pictures in an entire week at camp.  My first year of college, I took 24 pictures.  (Granted, I got digital pictures from friends' cameras.)  In part, it was because my camera was a bit unwieldy to carry around,
and by the time I got the lighting set and the image focused, whoever was getting their picture taken was getting antsy.  And in part, it was because I didn't want to deal with having my film developed.

I bought my digital camera in 2004.  Since then, I've taken almost 4700 pictures.  That's close to 700 a year.  And then I have pictures I've collected from other people's cameras.  I have a lot of pictures to document the last 7 years of my life.  And then I think about what will actually be worth looking at again.  What, 20 years from now, will I actually look back at?  I'm getting better at deleting bad pictures, or even a good picture, when I took 3 of the same thing, and picked my favorite.  I don't want to have tons of pictures I never look at.  I'd rather have a few choice ones.

And, since I can't really talk about taking pictures without posting some, here are some favorites (without people in them) that I've taken over the past 7 years.


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5 comments:

  1. BJune 9, 2011 at 10:20 AM

    Those are beautiful! I feel the same way. I need to eliminate some pictures and only keep the ones we really love or want to see. I also need to label them. I think it's worse for people that have kids. Some moms take several pictures of a day of their child so in essence, they will have hundred of thousands of pictures of themselves growing up. I wonder if they'll even look at all of them. Digital is really changing some things.

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  2. K-KrewJune 12, 2011 at 8:45 PM

    Love your photos! For a minute there I thought I was looking at a calendar. What kind of camera do you have?

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  3. JaneneJune 13, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    Thanks, Brooke and Sarah! I'm glad you like the pictures. Sarah, I have a Canon Powershot A80. It's a point and shoot with a lot of extra features to adjust lighting, shutter speed, how the camera chooses where to focus . . . I've really enjoyed being able to control so many options and still have a compact camera.

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  4. Linda ChristensenJune 16, 2011 at 7:21 AM

    I like the angles and positions of the shots. That gives me some good ideas for photo taking. I feel lucky that all the pictures of my children as kids were taken when I had to develop the film. Hence, fewer to choose from.

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  5. AustinJune 17, 2011 at 12:14 AM

    My dad always tells me to buy a post card and take pictures of people. Postcards are taken by professionals. The quality is better. Cameras are so advanced now, I think there are several amatures who can take amazing shots.

    That being said, I don't want to take anything away from your shots. They are really good - I mean that. My favorite is the arches.

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