Forgotten Photos
Do you know that thing with film cameras where it may take you weeks, months, or even years to shoot a whole roll of film?
And then you get the film photo printed, and it’s like rediscovering everything you photographed over that time period?
I do that on my digital cameras, too. I have my front-seat camera, the Canon EOS M, and my around-the-house camera, the Canon 5D. Sometimes, I’ll go weeks without importing the photos into Lightroom. There’s no rush, so I let the images collect on the card.
That time and distance help me evaluate whether I like the pictures or not. So does forgetting about photos in my Lightroom catalog. I can go years without looking at some photos, and then I look through my catalog and remember moments, scenes, trips, and light.
The trick is to actually look back at your archive and see what’s buried there.
You might discover a lost gem or two.