A view that anyone close to me knows comes up too frequently. I remember this is likely a normal response to having something you know so much not be guaranteed for any amount of time.
Why am I getting so depressing? Well it all comes down to this, PICTURES ARE IMPORTANT. No matter how many times you see people say "pictures are important blah blah blah." I don't think you can see it enough. It doesn't mean hire me to contain pictures of your child. it means all pictures! Professional photos are significant because you can make those precious images & high quality art in one. Snapshots are significant because you receive the random life moments.the places visited.the journey. You need photos to assist you remember, to get all the ages and phases then you share them with next generation.
I'm going to share an experience. An see that has stayed with me for 14 days and shows the king of photos:
When I was 16 I worked at a film lab. I loved it. it was always interesting and sometimes SHOCKING/HILARIOUS the photos I developed.and yes some of them were "those" sort of photos; Anyway. one day a woman came in and she didn't want film developed but needed reprints and scans of pictures.pictures of her son. She left and I got to work. I soon realised that I knew her son. He had died the class before. I knew him because he had been in one of my classes at my high school. He died in a car crash while a supporter of his was driving. I realised that it was about the time of the year anniversary. I wasn't friends with him. I don't even remember ever having a conversation with him. Our train was so great that that wasn't uncommon. His father came back after that day to filling them up. I told her that I knew her son and he was a real nice boy. I felt it was the good thing to do even if I didn't recognize him well enough to live if he really was a 'nice boy'. She immediately started to sob and told me she was frightened that she would forget what he looked like. She got copies made on his birthday and the anniversary of his death. She cherished to make sure she never ran out of photos if something happened to any of them.
I have never forgotten that. Now that I am a father I can so realize that fear. My heart ached for her then & even now I question about her. Did she ever find happiness ever again? Does she still get photos copied?
PICTURES ARE IMPORTANT. In Life and in DEATH. I'm not saying get a crowd of pictures in case someone dies. I am saying whether you get into old age and want help remembering or you wish to share your aliveness with the future generations, don't leave the grandness of a photographed life. I am personally going to try to consider more photos of the little things. I have kinda slacked about that. Don't look for a particular function to fizzle out the camera. Pull it out for playtime outside, in the kitchen cooking, or even during a fun activity like a 3 yr old coloring;)
If you really read all of this. THANK YOU. I trust I didn't depress you to badly. Just trying to charge myself into gear with snapshots.okay and you too:)
The fact that I may or may not have been listening to this on repeat while blogging may have contributed to the shade of the blog...
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