So, I hear you asking, what do you do with all those photos?
Well, first I back up. I have heard too many horror stories of people losing all their photos when their laptop crashes, or a disc is corrupted, or in the case of one guy I worked with who complained to his IT department that his work laptop was too slow. They cleaned out the c: drive, and deleted all his family photos for the last two years. He hadn’t backed them up anywhere else!
So I have all my photos them on discs, or portable hard drives, as well as my laptop. A photographer we talked to recently recommended storing all photos on gold discs, because they don’t deteriorate in the way a normal CD/DVD does.
But mostly, I want to see my photographs – because they’re not just photographs, they’re memories. I want to use them on cards (as I’ve mentioned previously here and here), or put them on my wall.
And I’ve recently discovered that some photographs look even better on canvas. (I know I’ve posted a photo before, but this time it’s actually on the wall.)
Sure, my house is covered with memories of my travels. But I don’t have photos of kids, do I?
And I make photobooks. I have a confession to make. I am in love with photobooks. I have spent far too many hours making my photobooks. I have grand plans of finishing editing all my 1980 AFS photos, and of editing old family photos, and making separate photobooks of these. Those plans have been on hold. But I’m about to start again with my Turkey photos, so maybe the inspiration will continue to those other projects too. I find it tiring, exhilarating and, as there is no such thing as the perfect picture, frustrating. My eyesight will no doubt deteriorate further. It will be fun!
You are an amazingly organized person. And why would one hide all those fabulous memories from view? I love the black and white travel wall…
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Helen, can you hear my husband laughing? I’m not sure I’d describe myself as organised! But thank you!
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Also, did you recognise one of the photos in the open photobook? I left the page open on that one deliberately for you.
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Your photo books look INCREDIBLE.
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You are SUCH a born photographer….
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It’s easy when the scenes are so amazing – the pictures just take themselves.
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Cinque Terre! Ah, memories… 🙂
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I love the photo books! I have been framing more and more art from our travels, as I agree, it is the best way to enjoy those memories. i do like having pictures of family/friends around too but remembering the adventures i’ve had in life is also very important.
i love that wall of black and white pictures – brilliant! Also, getting photos stretched on canvas is very cool. I recently got a bunch of my travel photos turned into a collage for the wall – http://www.collagewall.com – an american company, but maybe something similar in NZ. it is really nice having the photos printed and mounted on boards.
Thanks so much for sharing. You’ve inspired me to do even more with my pictures!
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the photo book is the best thing ever… it serves as a semi-backup too since most sites seem to keep my selected photos for awhile:) plus, people are willing to flip through them while I am making tea or dinner, and we share stories. There is something really human about flipping through another person’s photo book, that is very different from photos in any other form that I have tried…
and yes.. cinque Terre.. lovely. Though if you haven’t heard, there was a very bad flood in Vernazza earlier this winter. Meters and meters of mud.
What photobook company do you use? I have only really been using snap.f.ish because I can send books to italy, USA, or NZ depending on where I’ll be… but always keen on finding out if there is something better.
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I use Momento. It’s an Aust/NZ company, and prints the books just 10 minutes away (so no shipping fees). But I use it for the quality of the product, and the software, as much as for convenience.
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Just wow.
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