Film vs. Digital

Remember back in the "olden days" when we would look through the eye piece of a camera and would take a picture? When the film was done, it would automatically rewind and we would take the film into the photo shop to be developed. As the days passed we would eagerly be anticipating the arrival of our developed film…only to be disappointed that we didn’t get the “perfect shot”.

With the digital age upon us we're lucky if we print any pictures at all. I too have fallen victim of the lightning fast shutter, the inhumanly amount of memory and last of all the instant gratification. There is definitely something to be said about the last feature mentioned, because really when it comes right down to it we all want to look our best in pictures. We want to be able to look back and say to our grandchildren "See, I was hot". But in saying that, there is no more anticipation, nothing to look forward to. So in turn because we've been satisfied with seeing how great the photos look we neglect to get the pictures printed and put into an album. And should the camera or memory card get into the wrong hands they could be lost forever. Because really let’s face it who has the time and energy to get them organized on the computer? No one. So we go along forgetting about all of those memories, stored away in the teeniest tiniest little piece of technology.

I wish I could say something bad about the digital, but I can't. I am a part of the problem...partially I am still a little old school because I do go through my photos, organize them on the computer, print them, save them and even back them up. I am one of the few people who do that. So my plea to you all is to enjoy all the perks of digital, but please don't forget to print those memories. So you can go back anytime you want and go through an album as opposed to going through the camera. It's a little bit of old school in the digital world.