Thanks for those thoughts Violet! I hadn't really thought much about kids these days being over photographed, but it's true the thought of going back through years and years of photographs is a bit daunting. I don't do as much journaling on my pages as some, but a story emerges even from creating a weekly pocket spread. I try my best to include random stuff when I remember, to help capture what life was like in that moment. Your thoughts are a good reminder to keep going!
It's funny how when I started out (with scraping, with life, with my 20's...lol) I barely took photos. On my honeymoon, I took maybe 8-10 photos, if that. After my mom handed me two 4x6 albums of all childhood photos (that one photo for the whole junior high; she sort of stopped taking pictures after I turned nine).
I think it was the first field trip I took with my oldest stepson, that activated, the photography mode in me. Then suddenly, I found myself taking 120 photos, one vacation. To me, that was a lot. Yesterday, my 4yr old got his Halloween costume (a firefighter) and he kept wanting me to take pictures of his poses (I have nine now).
Photos used to be more treasured (not more valuable though, they still are), you either had just one or a few, and now we have WAY too many to choose from. I won't complain, because my family missed out, but you feel like you have to have a good use for ALL of them.
I had a young lady tell me, at T-Mobile, that "nobody scrapbook's anymore!" I just laughed. I had told her how I scrapbook, digitally, and could use the extra storage on my new phone. In a way, I worry about how her generation will view photos. I know technology is all the rage, but things could happen... all of these archives could be wiped clean one day. I'd hate to have my son's children, search for me, on social media accounts.
I do a lot of genealogy and my goal is to have the whole thing printed into an album or a book. Once I'm gone, everything will be lost. I don't think the rest of the family even cares or puts thought into that. I've got six surname folders saved on my laptop (maybe more), and there's more I need to dig up. Each surname has sub folders of individuals, so it's a very long process. But in the end, its necessary.
All of this is necessary. Documenting life with photos, writing in journals, (and whatever else I may be forgetting to add), because after us, this generation won't bother following suit.
Marisa, I love the idea of documenting just the journaling, when photos aren't captured (or prohibited). I have only two or three photos of my grandparents. After they passed, my family didn't scoop up their albums or frames, and my cousin used them in the fireplace to stay warm. I cringe at that whole scenario and the lifestlye of my late cousin, but I have the memories and with that I can preserve my grandparents. And of course, I'll do the same for my cousin and the one photo I have of him!
Yes, there is some editing to be done It is a bit of a dilemma with all the photos when everybody can take beautiful photos with an i phone
The making and the LR part of editing the photo is like cooking, if everything is done right (even the iphone has its limits and I get crappy pics in very low light or directly into the light source ), the proof is in the pudding and we all like our photo.
The entire editing process tho in terms of deciding which ones to even take (not tweaking a pic in terms of editing its levels or crop it) further on is the hardest part of photography. Further means further to LR, further means spending more time with them and ON them. Deciding which ones to take, to judge the photo for its tech quality and for its artistic/ memory content is a skill that is developed, trained and a trying and sometimes painful process for photographers and memory keepers I guess. So I generally count my blessings if I only have 1 or 2 photos of something I recently found a Nikon FE and it had a roll of 36 exposures in it, there were pics from Easter, summer vacations and Christmas on that one roll from someone who had an FE back then (must be from the 70s or 80s), so they obviously cared for quality photography.
I ended up having some computer problems and didn't get a chance to accomplish much, but now it's working fine. We recently got back from a 14 day vacation (Beaches to Mountains; Florida to Tennessee), and along the way, I thought of a way to scrapbook.
I had bought a composition notebook to use as a travel journal along the way and instantly fell into my old ways of writing (just filling in the pages with things we did), instead of adding doodles, scraps of brochures and leaving spaces for photos. I came home with three bags full of brochures, seashells and rocks, btw.
So along the way, I realized (A) I want to keep a journal, that goes beyond "we did this". I want to reflect what we did, as well as the history in the place, we visited. I have so many photos of things, that were cool at the time, but ten years later I'm questioning why I took it. What is that?(B) I can use my journal entries to turn them into a scrap journal. Like a pocket page but with more text. This gives me the chance to scrapbook and journal at the same time. Similar to this (online photo), but with paragraphs instead of bullets:
(C) I can print them and slip them into protective sleeves. They can stay as a computer print, changed into a photo print or even a hybrid (by gluing photos/clipart on top of the printed version).
This is such a good idea!! I wanted to scrapbook everything about my pregnancy and baby...and said baby is now 8.5 years old. I feel sad that I didn't do it and it always seems like too much to catch up on. This has given me a good push to scrapbook those early years. I don't need it to be perfect, I just don't want my sweet pictures of her to languish on an external HD when they could be displayed!!
Thanks for those thoughts Violet! I hadn't really thought much about kids these days being over photographed, but it's true the thought of going back through years and years of photographs is a bit daunting. I don't do as much journaling on my pages as some, but a story emerges even from creating a weekly pocket spread. I try my best to include random stuff when I remember, to help capture what life was like in that moment. Your thoughts are a good reminder to keep going!
It's funny how when I started out (with scraping, with life, with my 20's...lol) I barely took photos. On my honeymoon, I took maybe 8-10 photos, if that. After my mom handed me two 4x6 albums of all childhood photos (that one photo for the whole junior high; she sort of stopped taking pictures after I turned nine).
I think it was the first field trip I took with my oldest stepson, that activated, the photography mode in me. Then suddenly, I found myself taking 120 photos, one vacation. To me, that was a lot. Yesterday, my 4yr old got his Halloween costume (a firefighter) and he kept wanting me to take pictures of his poses (I have nine now).
Photos used to be more treasured (not more valuable though, they still are), you either had just one or a few, and now we have WAY too many to choose from. I won't complain, because my family missed out, but you feel like you have to have a good use for ALL of them.
Violet, you're welcome. A photography class with Becky, must be amazing! She shares really great photos on her Instagram and I go a little "fangirl" when she likes my comments. I first started scrapping with one of her books (Scrapbooking Secrets ©2001), she really opened my eyes to sketching, lettering and so forth.
I had a young lady tell me, at T-Mobile, that "nobody scrapbook's anymore!" I just laughed. I had told her how I scrapbook, digitally, and could use the extra storage on my new phone. In a way, I worry about how her generation will view photos. I know technology is all the rage, but things could happen... all of these archives could be wiped clean one day. I'd hate to have my son's children, search for me, on social media accounts.
I do a lot of genealogy and my goal is to have the whole thing printed into an album or a book. Once I'm gone, everything will be lost. I don't think the rest of the family even cares or puts thought into that. I've got six surname folders saved on my laptop (maybe more), and there's more I need to dig up. Each surname has sub folders of individuals, so it's a very long process. But in the end, its necessary.
All of this is necessary. Documenting life with photos, writing in journals, (and whatever else I may be forgetting to add), because after us, this generation won't bother following suit.
Marisa, I love the idea of documenting just the journaling, when photos aren't captured (or prohibited). I have only two or three photos of my grandparents. After they passed, my family didn't scoop up their albums or frames, and my cousin used them in the fireplace to stay warm. I cringe at that whole scenario and the lifestlye of my late cousin, but I have the memories and with that I can preserve my grandparents. And of course, I'll do the same for my cousin and the one photo I have of him!
Great thread.... love it.
Yes, there is some editing to be done
It is a bit of a dilemma with all the photos when everybody can take beautiful photos with an i phone
The making and the LR part of editing the photo is like cooking, if everything is done right (even the iphone has its limits and I get crappy pics in very low light or directly into the light source
), the proof is in the pudding and we all like our photo.
The entire editing process tho in terms of deciding which ones to even take (not tweaking a pic in terms of editing its levels or crop it) further on is the hardest part of photography. Further means further to LR, further means spending more time with them and ON them. Deciding which ones to take, to judge the photo for its tech quality and for its artistic/ memory content is a skill that is developed, trained and a trying and sometimes painful process for photographers and memory keepers I guess. So I generally count my blessings if I only have 1 or 2 photos of something
I recently found a Nikon FE and it had a roll of 36 exposures in it, there were pics from Easter, summer vacations and Christmas on that one roll from someone who had an FE back then (must be from the 70s or 80s), so they obviously cared for quality photography.
@Violet: Is this the class?
Sounds like a cute idea! I'm coming late to the party...how did it end up working for you?
I ended up having some computer problems and didn't get a chance to accomplish much, but now it's working fine. We recently got back from a 14 day vacation (Beaches to Mountains; Florida to Tennessee), and along the way, I thought of a way to scrapbook.
I had bought a composition notebook to use as a travel journal along the way and instantly fell into my old ways of writing (just filling in the pages with things we did), instead of adding doodles, scraps of brochures and leaving spaces for photos. I came home with three bags full of brochures, seashells and rocks, btw.
So along the way, I realized (A) I want to keep a journal, that goes beyond "we did this". I want to reflect what we did, as well as the history in the place, we visited. I have so many photos of things, that were cool at the time, but ten years later I'm questioning why I took it. What is that? (B) I can use my journal entries to turn them into a scrap journal. Like a pocket page but with more text. This gives me the chance to scrapbook and journal at the same time. Similar to this (online photo), but with paragraphs instead of bullets:
(C) I can print them and slip them into protective sleeves. They can stay as a computer print, changed into a photo print or even a hybrid (by gluing photos/clipart on top of the printed version).
Love this idea!
This is such a good idea!! I wanted to scrapbook everything about my pregnancy and baby...and said baby is now 8.5 years old. I feel sad that I didn't do it and it always seems like too much to catch up on. This has given me a good push to scrapbook those early years. I don't need it to be perfect, I just don't want my sweet pictures of her to languish on an external HD when they could be displayed!!
Love your back to basics idea. A composition book, pen and some glue. Way to go!
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