It is wonderful to find a "stash" of old photos

[Vickko]

It is wonderful to find a "stash" of old photos.

These were 8x10 shots of my son, probably taken on an RD1 and printed out.

I don't think there is going to be a phenomena in the future of "coming across a bunch of digital photos" 5 years after they were taken.

It certainly is reinforcing my thoughts of:
- return to film. If it is important, use film
- if I have to use digital, make sure it gets printed. If it is important, don't leave it to be "bits and bytes"

 

[charjohncarter]

Somehow, my digital files disappear. I guess I don't have respect for them. Even the ones that I know where they are I don't have the energy to go through them. I do print both my negatives and have my digital files printed if they are any good. My kids always want one from the past, I easily fine the negative but just tell them to look through the digitals when they are over.

 

[Archiver]

A couple of years ago, I came across two sets of photos I had taken when I was 13 years old, walking around school with my Kodak disc camera. The prints were still good, and I'm going to scan them when I get a decent scanner. It was such a joy to find them as I thought they were lost.

There's also a great joy in discovering an undeveloped roll of film. I have about eight rolls that are sitting in the fridge, many of which are over ten years old. I've just never got around to having them developed, and I really wonder what is on them.

In my current situation, it would be ludicrous to have all my digital photos printed, as I take dozens of photos all the time, hundreds per day when I'm on holiday. I understand all that stuff about developing a more discerning eye etc, but when you're walking for six hours a day and exploring streets, temples and shops, you want to be able to see what you saw at the time. Or at least, I know I do!

Video makes things more complicated. I have never owned a dedicated video camera, like a VHS or miniDV cam, so I don't have any 'hard' copy that I could find and play at a later date. Everything I shoot now is digital, backed up on two harddrives and transferred to new drives every few years when storage jumps in size. I've got flickery 15fps videos from ten years ago, which is pretty cool, but I don't know how to get a 'hard copy' of a video unless I burn it to a DVD, which is subject to rot and deterioration itself.

 

[Moto-Uno]

About 2 months ago I came across about a dozen 35mm colour negatives that upon inspecting were from about 1970. In one I was talking with my mother,who would've been almost 20 years younger than I am now!!! Of course the first thing I did was email it to my eldest daughter who is now 10 years older than I was in the picture. That gave her something to ponder ( you mean you weren't always old dad ?)
Regards,Peter