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A week ago I started a long overdue edit of my digital photo archive. By overdue, I mean stuff from as far back as 2005. Why did I let it get this bad? Two main reasons, time was precious and hard drive storage cheap. After a long day at work, one of the last things one wants to do is tidy up one’s photo archive. (When I’m tired, my judgement can be too lax or too critical. I keep stuff I shouldn’t or I get fed up and want to toss everything. It’s not a pleasant experience.)
Why did I finally decide to launch this onerous project? Because the advance of technology is threatening to strand my stuff. My current hard drives have USB connectors and the digital world has moved on to USB-C.(and probably beyond) (I currently have a Lightning card reader for my phone and a USB-C card reader for my iPad. This is to facilitate my new, edit-as-I-go workflow, but that’s another story.)
I’ve thought of chucking photography altogether. After forty-three years, one could argue I’ve given it enough and maybe it’s no longer giving back sufficiently. But I’ve decided to try streamlining first. I sold off some of my film cameras and lenses. The three film cameras I’ve kept will be seeing less action in favor of the easier, cheaper workflow of my digital kit. If things move well in that direction, sell a couple more film cameras. Keep the Nikon F3 as an homage to the grace and beauty of the previous age.
All this rambling brings me to the subject of the two photos I’m posting today. It’s been quite awhile since I decided I would no longer post photos of children that show their faces. I wanted to protect their privacy. But how does that work when a photo is old enough that the children depicted are now adults? Do they still need that protection or has time granted them the privacy of distance?
See pics under cut.
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Why did I finally decide to launch this onerous project? Because the advance of technology is threatening to strand my stuff. My current hard drives have USB connectors and the digital world has moved on to USB-C.(and probably beyond) (I currently have a Lightning card reader for my phone and a USB-C card reader for my iPad. This is to facilitate my new, edit-as-I-go workflow, but that’s another story.)
I’ve thought of chucking photography altogether. After forty-three years, one could argue I’ve given it enough and maybe it’s no longer giving back sufficiently. But I’ve decided to try streamlining first. I sold off some of my film cameras and lenses. The three film cameras I’ve kept will be seeing less action in favor of the easier, cheaper workflow of my digital kit. If things move well in that direction, sell a couple more film cameras. Keep the Nikon F3 as an homage to the grace and beauty of the previous age.
All this rambling brings me to the subject of the two photos I’m posting today. It’s been quite awhile since I decided I would no longer post photos of children that show their faces. I wanted to protect their privacy. But how does that work when a photo is old enough that the children depicted are now adults? Do they still need that protection or has time granted them the privacy of distance?
See pics under cut.
( Read more... )
