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Viewpoint( A P,2 0
July)strucka chord.
Some 20 yearsago,
mymotherwasan
elderlywidowlivingon
herown, 170 miles
frommesoI was
unabletoseeherthat
often.OnonevisitI
askedhertogo
throughhercollection
of oldphotosandwrite
ontheback,the‘who’,
‘when’,‘what’,‘where’,
‘why’.Tomydelight,she
likedthisideaasa way
of re-livingthe
memories;andmakingthephotos
moresignificantformein thefuture.
Whilstmerelysnapshots,theyproved
veryimportantin theongoingstudyof
myfamilyhistoryoverthegenerations.
Thatphoto,likethousandsmoreI
have,is scannedandcataloguedin
Lightroom.Whichbringsmetothe
nextpoint.Ailsaspecificallyrefersto
thosepeoplewhohave‘disorganised
photographs’.I’m74,havetaken
photossincea teenagerandliketo
thinkthatmyphotosareorganised.I
useandunderstandLightroombut
whataboutmysonanddaughter?
NeitherusesLightroom.WhenI’m
gone,willtheybothertolearnhowto
useit, howtosearch?OK,soallthe
photosarestoredontheharddiskbut
theretheyaretotallyunidentified,just
likeanoldpaperphotowithout
anythingwrittenontheback.It is the
samewithmygenealogyinformation,
whichis storedin ‘FamilyTreeMaker’
software.Willtheywanttolearn
another new program? And also, haveI rememberedtogivethemthe
passwordtomyMac?Thiswhole
questionof ourdigitallegacyis very
important.Whatweleavebehindand
howaccessibleit is toourrelatives.
Onefinalthought.Overtheyears,
mywifeandI tookmanyphotoswhile
onholidaywhichwererelevanttous.
ShediedsixyearsagoandI havenow
startedlookingat thesephotosagain
andaskinga differentquestion– are
thesephotosrelevanttomykids?If
theansweris ‘no’,they are trashed.
MikeDodmanA veryinsightfulandhonestletter,
Mike.Youraisesomeinteresting
questionsaboutthechallengesour
descendantswillfacewhensorting
throughoursprawlingdigital
archives,ratherthanthephoto
albumsofmyparents’generation.I
keeppromisingtosortoutallmy
imagesoverChristmas,butrubbish
TVandchocolateprevailevery
time.Thisyear,though!– Geoff
Harris, deputy editorInboxOld family photosLETTER OFTHEWEEKWNSASAMSUNGEVOPLUSMCROSDCARDNOTE:PR
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RESDENTSONLYLETTER OF THE WEEKAtreasuredphoto
ofMike’smother
Edna from 1966TheArtisanObscura
InAP 20 Julyyourevisited
yourreviewof theArtisan
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releases,which(unlessyou
havea screw-inshutter)is
attachedtotheshutter
buttonviaa stickyback.
Thefactthattheproduct
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rusticfeel’whettedmy
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thecompanyasking
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necessary.They
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it offwitha thin-
edgedtoolsuchasa
puttyknifeorrazor
blade.’Bitriskyif you
wanttosellyour
camera,don’tyou
think?BarryShawAsound
argument
In 20 money-saving
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August)MattyGraham
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nobodyusesCDsany
more,butbeforechucking
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MP3s...’.If somebody
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whatwouldAPsay?
Clearlybothstatements
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onthefactthatmany
peoplerateconvenience
abovethesoundorimage
qualityavailablefrom
betterequipment.
AswithusedDSLRs,
therehasneverbeena
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