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A friend of mine who has been a professional photographer since the 60's was telling me about the impermanence of digital imagery. Disks degrade, HDs fail, and data becomes incompatible eventually. He was railing against digicams, and insisted that film was the way to go, since it doesn't tend to degrade over time.
Well, like everyone else, I just upload my pics to photobucket or wherever, and leave them there. Will they be there forever? Who knows.
I see offers for free prints all over the place. Maybe I should take advantage and buy some hard copy prints of my favorite digital images. Even if i just put them in a shoebox, at least they will be findable 30 yrs from now.
His recommendation was EZprints.com. I haven't ordered from them yet, but I plan on checking them out just from the recommendation alone. They even specialize in panorama prints.
When my mom passed away last year I was able to find pictures of her for the obit and make some collage because I knew where the boxes of pics were. If they were hidden online in various sites I might have not even found them all.
Still, I think digital photography is pretty awesome, and I plan on taking more pics. I'm just going to invest in some hard copy prints for posterity.
Well, like everyone else, I just upload my pics to photobucket or wherever, and leave them there. Will they be there forever? Who knows.
I see offers for free prints all over the place. Maybe I should take advantage and buy some hard copy prints of my favorite digital images. Even if i just put them in a shoebox, at least they will be findable 30 yrs from now.
His recommendation was EZprints.com. I haven't ordered from them yet, but I plan on checking them out just from the recommendation alone. They even specialize in panorama prints.
When my mom passed away last year I was able to find pictures of her for the obit and make some collage because I knew where the boxes of pics were. If they were hidden online in various sites I might have not even found them all.
Still, I think digital photography is pretty awesome, and I plan on taking more pics. I'm just going to invest in some hard copy prints for posterity.