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On Not Carrying a Camera – Cultivating memories instead of snapshots
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#242I do not like to take pictures with my camera for exactly this reason. I want to be there in the moment instead of thinking about the shot. I'm also opposed to nearly everything that FB does, but I purchased the Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses a year ago anyway. I was preparing to go on a family vacation and I wanted to test them for staying in the moment while still capturing memories. I also prefer candid images where peop…
Fun fact: in some places, not informing others of your intent to take a picture can be construed as illegal (i.e. 2-party states in the US) . This came up with Google Glass several years ago.
But, uh, yeah, you should take a close look at how Meta can use your data. [0]
https://opentools.ai/news/metas-controversial-data-policy-on...
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#243Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have a friend who refuses to take pictures without people in them. It seemed dumb at first but after several years of pictures piling up I can see he had a pretty good point.
This is old advice, I remember it being framed as "if I wanted a picture of a monument I'd buy a postcard", and postcards basically no longer exist. It made some sense to take pictures of panoramas or art when you could show something to people that could not see it otherwise, but in this era it makes no sense (unless you enjoy photography as a hobby). A goofy picture of you kissing some old bronze statue? Dumb, but…
replaced with "if I wanted a pic of a monument I'd look it up on the net" (or even I'd generate it myself). Same; Instead of getting someone in front of a nice scenery (or even getting the scenery by itself), I consider putting a nice background to the photos of people I love.
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#244Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is old advice, I remember it being framed as "if I wanted a picture of a monument I'd buy a postcard", and postcards basically no longer exist. It made some sense to take pictures of panoramas or art when you could show something to people that could not see it otherwise, but in this era it makes no sense (unless you enjoy photography as a hobby). A goofy picture of you kissing some old bronze statue? Dumb, but…
Turns out that the things I wish I'd taken photos of were: bookshelves (with titles visible), crappy old computers and things on the screen, posters I used to have on the wall, my everyday clothes, streets with parked cars, the inside of an art supply store. These are not achievements, or unusual places, or humans. The things I'd like to see are stores of subtle cultural information than gets lost because it seems un…
This is funny because I found myself wishing the exact same thing not too long ago. My family took a few pictures of ancient computers with things on the screen; I wish we'd had a lot more. Some of that stuff from back then is completely lost to the sands of time.
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#245When you get older, you realize how memories fade, how they disappear, and that’s when you wish you had taken more pictures. I am not talking about young folks shooting photos for the sake of getting likes. I am talking about precious moments, a picture here, a picture there. They will help trigger lost memories. For what is our identity if not a string of recollections we have?
I know it's silly, but I even keep tickets or receipts from places I visit. They don't take up much space and every few years I organize things and I'm reminded not just of the trips I took but the things I did, things I ate, etc. I take pictures as well, but I just love hoarding this stuff.
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#246Counterpoint: I enjoy photography, which in some instances actually increases my joy of the moment. Additionally, my family members enjoy looking back at those moments too, as they are often too busy or too young to note what was happening in that moment.
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#247I have never regretted taking a picture or video.
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#248I tend to forget a lot of things, especially good things. Photos help me remember. What did we do for Mother’s Day last year? Remember how small our kid used to be? Photos remind us.
It’s a balance. Recently I was taking a video of my son at the beach. He noticed and said “no phone dad”. I laughed and put it away.
Btw I also got a photo of our son being born during c section. the anesthesiologist offered to take it. So I got best of both worlds: got to be fully present when the curtain dropped and we first saw our son, and got a once in a lifetime photo for him.
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#249Capturing memories and moments can be a thing. Not just the only thing.
A nice and passive tool for capturing moments can be something like a 360 camera: https://old.reddit.com/r/Insta360/comments/xazd2o/anyone_her...
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#250I’d always wanted to go to Korea. I was so excited. I set out to explore and forgot my phone in the hotel. I walked around Seoul for twelve hours that day and experienced so many wonderful things. I remember them all vividly now, years later, but I have no photos of it. It was a relief to not document everything. I appreciated everything as a one-step process instead of a two-step process. I could just feel amazed, i…
As I prepare for my own round-the-world adventure in the year ahead, I’ve been finding myself spending more time musing on a packing list, than the destinations. The OCD wants to prepare for everything, to have anything it needs on hand and ready to go. It wants to pack my X-Pro 3 and a bevy of lenses, and a flash, and batteries, and my laptop to process it on when I get back to the hotel room, and a backup drive, an…
Have you gone on trips before or is this like your first real trip too?
Sounding so confused like this makes it seem like you don't travel much? If you like taking pictures take them, if you don't then don't. I wouldn't over think this.
If you really haven't traveled much maybe take a trip and see how you feel about it