On digital photography

Drew and Natalie, July 2, 2005
Originally uploaded by lynnikins.

While going through old photos to find pictures of Matt I realized that there were long periods of his life during which I didn't take any pictures. With the ease and economy of digital photography, there is really no excuse to not take photos regularly and post the best ones to the web via blogs and photo-posting accounts. An archivist would insist that we also have hard copies in the form of paper prints, in the event of a catastrophic failure of technology. But if that ever happens, there will be a lot more to worry about than preserving family photos! I should probably investigate printing some of my favorites, but I'd like to see that technology get more dependable and inexpensive first.