Photographs

There is something to be said about holding the final print in your hand.

I recently got a iPhone controlled helicopter for a present. My wife, who is every bit the gadget freak I am, got a digital picture frame. She loved it because we are both photographers, but she wanted the helicopter too. So the thing is still in a box (the digital frame) because neither of us has the time to sit at the one computer we have and comb through 8 years worth of images. Sure we take pictures but we rarely have (MAKE) time to edit and post process.

We shoot everything in RAW, since we had our first camera with RAW. We were combining HDR images old school like in PS Before it was all the rage. We have some pretty good stuff in there, but like the pile of negatives from our photo classes, they never see the light of the luminescent display.

I'll get to my point. I came to work today to see a print (of my wife and I at the company Christmas party) sitting on the break room table. I thought, "We don't really have too many of these with both of us." It was an awesome gesture from the wonderful folks in the parent company to print these out and send them to our office. It's always a picture of her because I'm behind the camera or a picture of me because she's composing. But unless we set up a tripod and stage something we don't often see candid shots of ourselves.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, if you snap a picture of your friends, family or co-workers that you think they might like. Print it out and give them a copy. You might get one on your desk or in the mail one day in return.