Adrian McEwenDec 18, 2022

@mdales I think your "Not everyone wants their photo taken" https://mynameismwd.org/photos/not_everyone_wants_their_photo_taken/ photo is more interesting than it would've been when you were first framing it.

It's a bit like @brpimages's photo that I boosted earlier https://mastodon.me.uk/@brpimages@mastodon.social/109382245567572638 😀

Not everyone wants their photo taken

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Show threadMichael DalesDec 18, 2022

@amcewen @brpimages I think you're right - even though the imperfection of the focus bugs me, it definitely tells a more interesting story.

And humbled to be even slightly compared to that image by @brpimages - it's got such a strong story to it, I really love that image.

Show threadBernard Rose PhotographyDec 18, 2022
@mdales @amcewen thank you, a snap from long ago, thankfully I kept my negatives safe, I wonder how many digital images will be around in 50 years
Show threadMichael DalesDec 18, 2022

@brpimages @amcewen I suspect those of us who care about our images look after them irrespective of format?

My digital photo catalogue goes back almost 21 years at this point - not quite half way there, but it'll definitely make it to that way I'd say.

I agree a lot will be lost, but I imagine that the negatives to most my childhood has been similarly lost - good family photos go in albums, but rarely the negatives for most folk?

Show threadBernard Rose PhotographyDec 19, 2022
@mdales @amcewen I suppose being a photographer it's goes with the job, besides retaining negs I back up all my images, the secret is not to delete because at the time the images has no value as in later years may be part of social history.
Show threadMichael Dales

@brpimages @amcewen many times yes!

Even on a personal scale, I went through my photo archive properly for the first time during the initial lock down, and there were photos in there from the 00s that I'd ignored before, and probably a less retain-ist mindset would have thus deleted, but now a combination of my changed tastes and improved editing ability helped me find gems in them.

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Show threadBernard Rose PhotographyDec 19, 2022
@mdales @amcewen exactly, I found the same with my 70's negatives, when I revisited in later years I realised had historic and social records which had no significance when I shot them.