Back in the day, photos were captured on film, taken in or mailed off to be developed and printed, and 35mm camera users were left with 24 photos. Out of those 24, I typically chose maybe 5 per roll to put in a scrapbook, add to a frame, or show to family and friends. All the others went into shoe boxes that were stored in a closet.
Today, everything is digital.
Instead of boxes and boxes of printed rejects, we have gigabytes of digital content we can’t seem to part with. For example, while I like the photos below, I probably wouldn’t have wasted the cost of film and development on them – but with phone and DLSR cameras, I’ll snap and save them in digital format.
Managing all this digital content requires subscriptions to cloud data.
If you take a lot of photos, your allowed space (no matter if it’s iCloud or Google) fills up fast. You’re left with either deleting images, backing them up on your computer to free up room, or paying for more storage.
And to think, I still have digital backups on floppy discs.
Floppy discs stopped being used in the early 2000’s — no way to access the contents now. If I’d have stuck with shoeboxes, I’d still have whatever memories that are now lost. Ever wonder what the next big thing will be? 🙂
Now you know: The USS Niagara was intentionally sunk in 1820 for preservation, and raised 93 years later for restoration.