I recently saw on Facebook a post from a photographer, about another photographer and a blog post she wrote regarding the importance of not only pictures but the value of prints. This got me thinking. I was watching CNN during coverage of the disastrous Hurricane Sandy and as Anderson Cooper was standing in water just below the knee he noticed some photographs wading through the water. He did what he could to pick them up and set them on a nearby car in hopes that they would eventually find their way back to their owner. This made what I do really hit home and the importance of those moments that are captured in time. For all anyone knows, those photos may be one of the few remaining items that family has left and hopefully they somehow find their way back to their owners. The effect of this is two fold:
1. The emergence of the digital age in photography has made it so that in situations such as natural disasters and people lose everything that any responsible photographer has backups of their work and could potentially have photos reprinted for a family that may go through something as life changing as a hurricane. If unable to obtain digital copies for reprints a photo album or shoe box with pictures may be one of the few salvageable items from a ruined home.
2. The photos that we take can have a lasting impact that reaches beyond the day the pictures of a bride and groom or for a family who may be welcoming their first child. These photos become heirlooms for future generations to look back on.
I love what I do.
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