Wow! The Digital Age is here, and now you can take photos, download them, and create digital photo Christmas cards within minutes. I could never have imagined that type of technology would advance so quickly. Not to age myself but I remember loading the camera with film, and waiting to finish the roll (regretting buying a roll with so many pictures on it). It took months to be able to finish one roll and then take it to the store to be developed. Then there was the waiting while the store sent your film out to be developed in a lab before it was ready for you to pick up.
Digital photography is great…I get to see my grandchildren the same day the photo is taken! Last night my grandson hit his head and got a goose bump. My daughter took a digital photo and emailed it to me so “doctor” grandma could decide what to do. Happily he was fine, and this process only took minutes. My daughter loves all of her digital gadgets. When I visit her I watch her take digital photos, plug her camera into the computer and voila…instant family photos. Family photos are great, but I find myself appreciating them several years after the original photos were taken. Years later you remember how you hated the way you looked…and now you wish you could look that good again.
One of my sisters works for a photographer (and of course that makes her an expert!). During the holidays she tries to color coordinate us for the annual family photo, which often gets used in our photo Christmas cards. I have a large family – nine brothers and sisters – and to get us all to look like the model family is near impossible. She will position us so that we match the person standing next to us. If she only knew now much we dread this, but no one has the heart (or the guts) to tell her that we would all rather just eat. But all in all, she was right and it is worth the effort to do it the “right way” for lasting memories.
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I do love modern technology also! My two granddaughters are in out of state universities and they always up load photos and send them to me through their PC’s. They take plenty of pictures of their campuses and it makes me happy to know their safe. Even with modern digital photos you can always add digital designs or take off those ugly red eyes that ruin, what would be great photos.
Digital photography has changed the face of the large family photo. My dad is one of ten siblings and I have over 30 first cousins. Trying to get a “good” family shot was next to impossible. Someone was bound to be looking down or have their eyes closed. Within a few tries you can a photo Grandma will proudly use as the photo on her Christmas cards!
I love my digital camera, and can’t think of any other way to take pictures! I remember trying to convince my dad that we needed to go digital. On the eve of my senior prom, I told him it’d be best for us to have a compact, digital camera rather than have me lugging around a heavy old camera that required film. Since it would be a special night for me, I didn’t want to be confined to taking 22 pictures and having to change rolls all night! Besides, our family camera was so old (it had made the trip to Spain for my parents’ honeymoon in ‘82!) But now, even my dad is hooked on the digital age. We take so many pictures at family functions and send them to our family members all around the country in an instant! Can’t get better communication than that!