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lcraft · 19-02-2007, 08:34

The short version: I like art, and can't draw worth a damn.

Somewhat longer version:

My grandparents and great grandparents and great aunts took a lot of pictures. My parents didn't.

I have all these mountains of family history in photo albums and boxes of loose photos from the 1900's all the way up to about 1983.. then nothing much for 14 years... Partly times were hard for us and nobody could afford it - but even my grandparents managed to take shots during the Great Depression here in the 1930's... So really in my mind it was more that it was not a priority for them..

Anyhow, that's a time of my life that only exists in my head now and one other family member is left (my father) shares some of with me. My kids and wife can't look at it, we'll never be able to share that.. Literally.. I have eight family photos taken from 1985 to 1997 two are polaroids and the rest are shots friends had taken. It hit me while dealing with my mother's death and funeral.. No pictures.

Anyhow, then... I'm making sure my kids have what my parents had and I don't...

With some bonuses, like video... I'd trade a lot of things away to have old 8mm films or even cruddy 1980's VHS videos of my family. Can't get that stuff back at any price..

19-02-2007, 08:34	#5 (permalink)
lcraft Getting Comfy Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 100	Re: What Made You Pick Up A Camera The short version: I like art, and can't draw worth a damn. Somewhat longer version: My grandparents and great grandparents and great aunts took a lot of pictures. My parents didn't. I have all these mountains of family history in photo albums and boxes of loose photos from the 1900's all the way up to about 1983.. then nothing much for 14 years... Partly times were hard for us and nobody could afford it - but even my grandparents managed to take shots during the Great Depression here in the 1930's... So really in my mind it was more that it was not a priority for them.. Anyhow, that's a time of my life that only exists in my head now and one other family member is left (my father) shares some of with me. My kids and wife can't look at it, we'll never be able to share that.. Literally.. I have eight family photos taken from 1985 to 1997 two are polaroids and the rest are shots friends had taken. It hit me while dealing with my mother's death and funeral.. No pictures. Anyhow, then... I'm making sure my kids have what my parents had and I don't... With some bonuses, like video... I'd trade a lot of things away to have old 8mm films or even cruddy 1980's VHS videos of my family. Can't get that stuff back at any price..