Richard Baker Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 .. or did I post this before? bit.ly/1jNHR2d Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Baigent Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 > .. or did I post this before? I can't remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 The telltale phrase is 'mindlessly whip out their cameras'. I flatter myself that I don't do that and actually look at the scene first. I can't remember which great photographer said that he saw the picture first, them raised his lens to the appropriate point to intercept it. In fact I believe that my photographs help me remember trips and places. I can invariably remember taking a particular picture, even years ago. Digital is even better for this because there are so many more of them. I recently reviewed some 33-year-old slides for a memorial and I can honestly say I remember taking them, or at least the day. My OH subcontracted remembering holidays to me years ago so it's just as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Todd Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 +1 Mark. I think it's because I'm thinking of how to caption the scene it helps me to remember more. Like you, I can remember the circumstances around photos and slides going back years yet I probably forget some other stuff from the past because I don't have a photo to reference it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin P Wilson Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I rarely take family/ social snapshots - I leave that to the Social Secretary and my children. I do remember most of the half-decent photographs I have taken over 40 years and often when. I remember an article by the editor of a major photo magazine many years ago. He was going on a bird watching holiday to Africa and he was talking about the kit he was taking. Powerful binoculars/ spotting scope but just a a compact camera. As he said the memories would be in his head, photography would get ion the way. I know from my own experience of photographing sport (especially friends and family) how little I actually see. If i get engrossed in the event I stop shooting ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dov makabaw Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 I remember pretty well all my images and find that having them improves my recall, particularly of travel projects. At my age this is transforming from an aide memoir to a potential necessity! .dov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulstw Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Much like the thing where you become the spectator or the person documenting it. I must admit that of the pictures I have taken of any event/party or other, it's probably the only thing I remember. However, yesterday on a walk a huge Buzzard sat in a tree, and I sat and watched for a bit. It flew away by the time I realised it was within reach. I totally zoned out just watching it. I went home had some lunch, some tea and two jaffa cakes and I went back. Managed to get a few shots, but it was the spectator moment that meant more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 and two jaffa cakes Deep-fried, I trust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulstw Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 and two jaffa cakes Deep-fried, I trust. Lidl's finest too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 > .. or did I post this before? I can't remember What post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 and two jaffa cakes Deep-fried, I trust. Lidl's finest too. Their Beerenauslese wines are worth a try, too, goes down a treat with Jaffa cakes, I would imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 .. or did I post this before? bit.ly/1jNHR2d Richard. What nonsense! Just the other day . . . or maybe last month . . . no, it was in the summer . . . I was Uptown or in Midtown or maybe in Brooklyn . . . and I was taking pictures of . . . of . . . well, of something . . . and I recall the situation very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 What nonsense! Just the other day . . . or maybe last month . . . no, it was in the summer . . . I was Uptown or in Midtown or maybe in Brooklyn . . . and I was taking pictures of . . . of . . . well, of something . . . and I recall the situation very well. Ah yes... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sISWPzEqHLQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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