Love this thread, like others I have spent several hours over the last 2 days looking at old photos and remembering some fab times.
Yes me too punkdoc. Even going about my daily tasks I'm thinking about photographs and the memories they bring back, it's great and takes the mind off the present situation. Thanks for starting the thread Fire.
Amazing creatures aren't they? I've only ever seen three in my life and all within the spate of a couple of months. I thought I was going mad when I saw the first one - having hummingbirds in the back garden, but then a few days later I was with my wife and we both watched one. Finally, we were over my sister's place in Brighton (about 20miles away) and lo and behold there was one in her garden. That was years back and haven't seen one since.
That's a cracker @VictorMeldrew. We don't get them here, although I think there are some in the east side. It's those perfect, slightly lucky, moments that are some of the best I may be unusual in that I do look at my photos quite often. I also spent a lot of time a few years ago sorting a load of them and having them printed to hang up. I have another favourite hill outing on the wall in front of me as I type this. Like @Skandi, I also have quite a lot of wild orchid pix, and they're such a delight when you see them. I don't think I've been lucky enough to have crispy bogs at the time though It's always a thrill when you take some photos, not expecting them to turn out particularly well, and then you get home and find that they're far better than you thought they'd be!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Some people can't conjure up images in their brain - they can't 'picture' things. How bad must that be? - I'm not quite that bad, but I 'lose' images and find it hard recalling and picturing in my mind. I used to work abroad a lot and I hated going away from the family anyway, but it was even worse as I always worried that I wouldn't be able to pull back their faces for 'comfort' while I was gone. Anyway, after my wife died, I decided to scan all our old photos of 'us' - the family - to reinforce my memories, but now those images have become the only images I can recall of my wife! All the images I pull back are the images from the photos - not from other 'real life' events. Bum! A bit like Magritte - Ceci n'est pas ma femme.
I'm the same steveTu. It's only the photographs that bring his image back to me but I did have an interest in videography at one time and the video that I took I edited and put onto DVDs but there wasn't much of him, mainly scenery. However, sometimes he pops into the frame and it always takes me by surprise. I'm so pleased that I still have the DVDs
Some people can't conjure up images in their brain - they can't 'picture' things. How bad must that be? - I'm not quite that bad, but I 'lose' images and find it hard recalling and picturing in my mind. I used to work abroad a lot and I hated going away from the family anyway, but it was even worse as I always worried that I wouldn't be able to pull back their faces for 'comfort' while I was gone. Anyway, after my wife died, I decided to scan all our old photos of 'us' - the family - to reinforce my memories, but now those images have become the only images I can recall of my wife! All the images I pull back are the images from the photos - not from other 'real life' events. Bum! A bit like Magritte - Ceci n'est pas ma femme.
@steveTu that must be so hard. There are so many functions of the brain that we take for granted in navigating through life. There are many "senses" beyond the standard five - being able to navigate through space, keep balance, percieve time. Picturing things that are not in front of us is an important one.
I'm aware that as I age my memories are mostly of photos, not the actual event. And I now have a series postcard pictures in my mind rather than mini film. I have a postcard picture in my head of laughing with friends in a bar, but no memory of unfolding conversation or what happened before or after or why we were there. All the contexts are slipping away.
On a happier note, the ability to forget is essential for brain processing. It just wouldn't be able to function if it prioritised the remembering of everything. It feels sad, but forgetting makes room for new memories.
It's not just the memory of the photograph rather than the real event that we rely on as we get older - it's the retelling of family stories - "do you remember..." "what about that time we..." Wheeling those out at family occasions keeps those memories alive too.
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Thanks for starting the thread Fire.
I may be unusual in that I do look at my photos quite often. I also spent a lot of time a few years ago sorting a load of them and having them printed to hang up. I have another favourite hill outing on the wall in front of me as I type this.
Like @Skandi, I also have quite a lot of wild orchid pix, and they're such a delight when you see them. I don't think I've been lucky enough to have crispy bogs at the time though
It's always a thrill when you take some photos, not expecting them to turn out particularly well, and then you get home and find that they're far better than you thought they'd be!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...