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> Make memories with your brain. If you don't remember an event it was probably not all that good anyway. I have to strongly disagree with this. Memories fade

> Make memories with your brain. If you don't remember an event it was probably not all that good anyway. I have to strongly disagree with this. Memories fade with time/age, and for those of us without a visual memory, photos can mean the difference between staying connected to certain memories and mostly losing them. I easily have 50K photos, and I love that I can refresh my memory of a time and place easily. It’s in a similar category as journaling in my view. Modern photo libraries make this even more practical with map overlays and AI classification for east keyword searches. People build “second brains” for a reason.

prawn 3y ago
I'd strongly agree also. I get a lot personally out of remembering events where those memories have been evoked by seeing an old photo. It might be something from 40 years ago, or four years ago, and definitely includes fantastic events that shrink in remembering any sort of busy life. Even just last night, we were looking through old photos at my parents' house. My dad had found a photo of repairing a lintel and brickwork with his father (then a retired builder). It was definitely a positive discovery, but he'd said that he'd forgotten the photo existed. The photo had other clues as well, like small construction projects in the background, timing of the year in the garden, etc.
pluijzer 3y ago
What I like to do is to make pictures of mundane parts of my life, my desk while working, the living room while watching tv when it is a mess. Things like that. Later in live these pictures are the most valuable to me. They are full of little nostalgic memories. I also like taking pictures of nature, forests, insects etc. but I actually never look at them again.
- em-bee 3y ago
  yeah, these are the kind of pictures i most often wish i had made. how did my room in that house look like back then when i lived over there? most of my pictures seem to be of people, friends, family. others mainly are made with the intention of sharing.

prawn 3y ago

I'd strongly agree also. I get a lot personally out of remembering events where those memories have been evoked by seeing an old photo. It might be something from 40 years ago, or four years ago, and definitely includes fantastic events that shrink in remembering any sort of busy life. Even just last night, we were looking through old photos at my parents' house. My dad had found a photo of repairing a lintel and brickwork with his father (then a retired builder). It was definitely a positive discovery, but he'd said that he'd forgotten the photo existed. The photo had other clues as well, like small construction projects in the background, timing of the year in the garden, etc.

pluijzer 3y ago

What I like to do is to make pictures of mundane parts of my life, my desk while working, the living room while watching tv when it is a mess. Things like that. Later in live these pictures are the most valuable to me. They are full of little nostalgic memories. I also like taking pictures of nature, forests, insects etc. but I actually never look at them again.

em-bee 3y ago
yeah, these are the kind of pictures i most often wish i had made. how did my room in that house look like back then when i lived over there? most of my pictures seem to be of people, friends, family. others mainly are made with the intention of sharing.