Been shooting film and digital since I was 16 and looking back the most interesting and important photos I’ve taken are of friends and family. You are not going to wish you had more pictures of buildings and landscapes later in life lol. pic is a self portrait of my friend’s grandfather
i’m no photographer but having something to look back on old memories while at the same time making some sort of art out of it really brings me a sense of comfort. time flies by but I will always have these moments to look back on
sent some really old film to get processed and found this photo of a friend of mine from around 3 years ago in penn treaty park in philly. she moved to arizona right after this.
i never really look at photos on my phone so shooting film ends up serving as such a huge, important reminder of people i love and the things we were doing at different points in our lives.
when I was younger I was deeply afraid of having my picture taken and in general was very camera shy or ashamed of how I looked in pictures I can’t really pinpoint why this is but I look back and wish I could tell myself that you’ll want them for the memories. Now I’m lucky to have friends who take plenty of pictures and bring point and shoot cameras everywhere they go
to me this is one of life’s most simple joys - especially during the winter. The combination of not driving + the heat from the pie keeping your legs warm + direct pizza fumes provides a precious and rare sensory experience
Not to beat a dead horse but google has now foisted integration of it‘s Gemini AI into basic gmail / drive functionality. Don’t offload your critical faculties to a super computer. Write that email. Use your brain. Every time you feed this thing it will get “better” and you are training it to replace you.
