Do you enjoy photographs generally?

@mimpi1911 (25464)
India
November 22, 2009 8:52am CST
I was going through my friend's excursion album and was intrigued by the locale and the fun that the students were having. I hardly know them, except for my friend, but I was enjoying the fun went into shooting them! Do you like watching photos, old photos, family photos, photos generally?
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• China
22 Nov 09
hi,minipi! I am glad to watch photos of others. people always are fond of showing me their photos and tell me a lot of intersting or uninteresting things about their experience when I am going through them.anyway watching photos is a leisurely way of killing time. but honestly speaking,I don't enjoy touring with someone photoing all the way.I really doubt that whether the purpose of his touring is to enjoy the fun and beaty there or to take home a ton of photos to show off to others. have a nice day!
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
23 Nov 09
life is beautiful and old phorographs bring back fond memories. That's how I would like believe in.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
22 Nov 09
You have a point there Cathy. Bt let's not go into it. Isn't is beautiful reliving the old days? Don't you but laugh at your bad hair day or at your sister's fallen tooth which was visible just because you poked her at the right say-cheese moment?! life is fun!
• China
23 Nov 09
hi,thank you for your comment. yeah,enjoying the fun of life and ignore the boring stuff!you are right. have a nice day!
• Boston, Massachusetts
22 Nov 09
Hi Mimpi, Yes i enjoy looking at photographs actually i have so many photo albums at home. i love taking pictures, collecting pictures and from time to time watching and reviewing it. It always refreshes the memories when those photos were taken. For me these are great memorabilia that can be passed on from one generation to another.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
22 Nov 09
So, so true francisco! My sister has a huge collection of albums in which she has categorically preserved the photos year, month wise. Its an expensive affair for preservation is quite an affair. She has a closet for keeping the memorabilia. At times we tease her for her obsession, she thinks its her passion. But it's always fun and reliving the past and precious moments just by flipping through the pages.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
16 Dec 09
'Magic in every picture', may be that is why we come back to them again and again.
• Boston, Massachusetts
23 Nov 09
It will always be fun to flip all those pages in my photo album trying to recall names of those in the pictures, the date when it happened and the event. It's more fun if you do it with other members of the family. There is always magic in every picture and i love feeling it over and over again!
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Nov 09
hi mimpi1911 yes indeed its a lot of fun to go through books of old photos of family even friends and places you might have gone or places others have gone that are intriguing to look at. I think most people really enjoy looking at old family photos especially those of people way back on your family tree like the photo of my grgr grandmother who had thirteen children. she looked so grim I had to figure that married at age fifteen and having a child every year after that for thirteen years she had a right to look a tad care worn.
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
22 Nov 09
Hi, mimpi. Yes I do like to look at old photographs. It gives me a chance to see how others and me looked like back in the days. I like to see my old self from my new self. I can compare and contrast what has remained the same or changed.. I have many pictures my kids, but less of me.. I love looking at old pictures. Sometimes it takes me back in the old days.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
22 Nov 09
Hi cream! I feel shy when someone looks at my old photo, I looked so awful! Still i love watching those. i love to see the kids grow through photos. They really grow fast, don't they?
@angelsmummy (1696)
22 Nov 09
I love photographs especially from the past. We have a daily paper that has news from just our town and every so often they put in photos of how our town used to be many years ago! I think its great looking at your own photo album and other peoples just like retrieving memories that your brain hasnt thought about in a while!
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
22 Nov 09
That makes two of us. Isn't it intriguing to watch at the evolution and metamorphoses of our city, country, the world!? I love the black and white era which depicted a different genre altogether. Mesmerizing and nostalgic!
23 Nov 09
Its lovely I wish I couldve lived in that time everyone seems much happier! These days everyone is too busy to appreciate the free things in their lives, like fantastic views pretty photos and great buildings!
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
16 Dec 09
So very true!
@Baluyadav (3643)
• India
22 Nov 09
hi,i am a man with photo loving mentality and photo keeping habit.I had my photos from my 3rd year age to nowm46 years age in different occasions.childhood,school going..college going..marriage..while on work in job.. whenever i get bore,i used to see my old album..and remind my old memories.Thanks for starting this discussion.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
22 Nov 09
Hi Balu! that's good to know. Its indeed nice of you to collect the old photographs and treasure them. I try to do that aswell. Hence, have been trying to scan the old tainted photos for better preservation.
@balasri (26537)
• India
23 Nov 09
It is a pleasure experience to bring down the pile of photo albums to the floor,sitting around it taking them one after another to go through the moments and the moods frozen. That is what I do with my wife and daughter once in a while. It used to be very full filling to the heart every tine we do that.And my main hobby too is photography.
@balasri (26537)
• India
23 Nov 09
And the photography classes teach how to apply lights, shadows and effects to a picture. But the artistic appreciation can't be taught. You need to discover how you feel in relation with a landscape or a flower and create a picture from that.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
19 Dec 09
I think passion and love of the art have the last say.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
23 Nov 09
I love that! I think, it needs a great passion to observe the shots and appreciate them before you become a good photographer.
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
22 Nov 09
I really enjoy looking at people's photos. It can be delightful fun to see people's vacation photos. I like seeing people's wedding photos. Seeing family photos can be especially interesting. When seeing friends that I know how with photos of when they were much younger if is fun to guess the age. Sometimes siblings when younger did look similar in the photos. I love to look through my travel photos again. I have been on many different trips. Photography is one of my hobbies.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
22 Nov 09
Hi maximax! Same here. Only recently I discovered that my friend looks exactly like her mother when she was of her age! That surprised me because the mother looks quite different now! Like you, I love pictures of nature and scenery. Yes, I just love good photography.
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
22 Nov 09
I certainly enjoy taking photos and exchanging them in emails with friends, but not so much sitting down and looking at an album.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
23 Nov 09
and you did share some precious shots with us. Thanks. do you go through the old photos you took years back?
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
19 Dec 09
Good to know this. I live in present but still love the past.
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
23 Nov 09
I do not really like to look at the old ones, at least not very often. The ones I treasure most are hanging in picture frame on some wall or another, but I am not really one to live much in the past.
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
22 Nov 09
Yes I really enjoy looking through photos, even If I do not know anyone in the pictures. I really like looking through old photos of local areas that I know well and seeing how the areas used to look in the past. The city that I live in has changed rapidly throughout it's short life as it has been the fastest growing region in the country for many years and they are continually changing things to try to keep up with the population growth.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
23 Nov 09
That's beautifully said! Even I love to notice the intricacies of evolution. People change, places change, society changes and all are captured in precious memorabilia through photographs.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
19 Dec 09
So true!
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
23 Nov 09
Yes, I could not imagine a time when there were no photos to look over. It really was not all that long ago that the only way to record images was the time consuming art of painting. Now we can take a photo and send it to the other side of the world in minutes!
@sasalove (1709)
• China
23 Nov 09
I enjoy photographs. When I am not busy, I will come to the album to see the photos. It is not just the photos but the memery. I will laugh unsciously while I see the funny photos. But is is a little pity that most of the kid's photos of mine were blurred that I could not recall the childhood's appearance. Have a nice day.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
23 Nov 09
Hi sasa! i am sorry to know that but I think nowadays we have some good enhancer websites that enhances the photos. Good photography shops do it, I guess.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
16 Dec 09
I get your point there. Indeed some precious moments on the verger of being lost!
@sasalove (1709)
• China
24 Nov 09
Yes, nowadays we have the good enchancer for the photos that we can keep it well. But thirties years ago, my mom seems that she did not have such sense to protect the photos. Once the photos are developed, she did not even laminate the film on it, thus I even can not recognize who is me from the blurred photos. (I did not blame my mom here) I just felt so pity for the old photos.
@hunieby (207)
• Philippines
22 Nov 09
I enjoy looking at photos because it comprises of moments that were captured and that you could never repeat. Photos tell stories of what happened , expresses feelings at a certain moment in time. It also brings back memories . They tell stories that could be recalled from time to time.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
22 Nov 09
Indeed! Photos bring back old memories, some good, some not so good. I enjoy looking at them and some I hate sharing with others. I find myself so awful!
• Philippines
22 Nov 09
Hi mimpi1911. I personally like browsing photographs, especially the old ones. Through the pictures, I could vicariously enjoy different places, activities, and events. Pictures could also inform us of different life stories and histories.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
22 Nov 09
Yes, photographs are important testimony, sweet memorabilia and proven anecdotes of life. I find the historical photos very fascinating for we get to know so many things about the era. Only the other day, I was watching some jewelery, comprising of beads, of the Inkas and awed by the craftmanship!
• Philippines
22 Nov 09
Photos generally are objects that brought back our old memories. It serves as a medium for preservation in every scenario of our life. That's why i love photography and watching photos has always been my passion. Photos create an imaginative thought within me. I could flashback all my past memories and enjoyed remembering those times. Seeing my family, friends and relatives together in a photo eventhough they are already far from me creates a good sense of feeling. As if they were near though the reality is that I am really miles away from them.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
22 Nov 09
So true! The photos that I take every year when my sisters come down on vacation become a way to be close with them the rest part of the year when they are not with me. My grandmom's photo, I look at everyday and remember her. She is no more now but within my soul, always.
• Malaysia
23 Nov 09
Surely I do love much edifying quality photos. Everyday I visit this site; Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html While learning some photography techniques for my own historical photo album. Who knows in the next fifty years after I am no longer exist in this world it will be a tertiary journal for students reference. My little hopes about it.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
16 Dec 09
Surely it will be of great help even in this life time Michael. So, keep doing it!
@schulzie (4061)
• United States
24 Nov 09
I enjoy looking at photos, keeping photos to have as keepsakes of memories. I love taking photos and keeping them. I have lots of photos of my kids as they are growing up and it is just wonderful to look at how they have changed throughout the years. I also enjoy viewing other's photos. Sometimes if it is done correctly the photographs can be works of art. Have a great day and happy myLotting!!!
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
16 Dec 09
photography is an art on itself and I really cherish old memories through precious photos and also good photographs make me smile.
@bjcyrix (6901)
• Philippines
1 Dec 09
Yep, I sure do mimpi.^_^ Its kinda like a blast from the past. Its wonderful to look at a photo and then remember the memories that are attached to it on that day at that time. Sometimes we might even think that we have forgotten all about it, then we would see a photo that has captured some piece of that moment, and then we remember "oh yeah", that's what happened during that day. Then we would remember the events surrounding that frozen moment on the photo. Isnt it strange that we seem to just laugh at the things that we might have done before, when we are reminded about them by photos?
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
19 Dec 09
Yes yes, so very much! I still have some photos that have me in some worst moments when I was either playing with clay or messing around with colors and someone invariably snatched me from there and dumped me on a most perfect shooting locale. Ever one else was decked up except me who was totally misfit.
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@bjcyrix (6901)
• Philippines
20 Dec 09
Hahaha that sounds very cute, mimpi.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
24 Nov 09
I love taking photographs of special moments and turn them into memories. I have albums of photos and of course a lot are on my computer now. I am not great at taking photographs and I am thankful for the digital camera my sister bought me for my birthday last year because now I can keep trying until I get the picture just right! I am getting better; I just have to keep practicing. I did consider doing a hobby photography course once and it may still be something I will look into when I have more free time, whenever that will be! I love looking at books of photographs especially the old black and white ones of days gone by and I particular like seeing pictures of places as they used to be a couple of hundred years ago.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
16 Dec 09
I think, I am just like you. Love the art but not really a photographer except that I do take shots whenever and wherever possible. May be I will get better with time.
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• Malaysia
24 Nov 09
Hi, Mimpi! When I browse through the old photos, I would reminisce the past and wonder what has happened to those people in the photos or missing those who have left this world. They are full of nostalgia. Normally, when I look at photos of others, I would search for familiar faces in the photographs I am looking at, but generally, yes I enjoy looking at photos. Like the saying goes, they speak a thousand words.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
16 Dec 09
Yes, they do. They are precious and I love going through them time and again.
@kevinll (967)
• China
19 Dec 09
You can remember the monments of taking or a wonderful trip. I like to watch photos and choose different theme for them. Or scam them to computer and edit it.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
19 Dec 09
So, you love experimenting with the photos. That really tales passion to do it. I am glad that you love it!