Storing Club Photos
How many photos do you take? When a local newspaper photographer came to take a photo of me to go with an interview with me about a book I had written, (Wedding Speeches & Toasts), the photographer took 12 pictures of me, all from different angles in different poses, left side, right side, standing, sitting, reclining, on a chair, cross-legged on the ground, in the middle of the room at a desk, by a window and outdoors.
When the article was published they used only one picture. The outdoor picture was chosen for a summer edition of the newspaper.
I asked a member of the newspaper staff why they had taken so many, wondering whether I had not achieved what they wanted with the first pose. I was told the photographer always takes a roll of film for each assignment.
I forgot about the photos, assuming the unused ones were lost or jettisoned.
Month, years later, I was in hospital and asked a member of my family to tell the newspaper. They printed a brief paragraph with a photo. I was told about this and assumed it was cropped from the photo they had originally used. No, they had found another photo which I had never seen, presumably saved from the first batch. Not only was the photo new to me, but more importantly it was new to their readers.
(It could be they just picked one at random from the set, not bothering to look up which was used before. But I suspect they did not need to check the article, the collection of photos would have been marked 'already used'. As I write this I am thinking, that's what I should do. Caption every photo I've used with a subtitle 'used in blog post about club meeting on (date), used in local newspaper on (date), used in club brochure (date), sent to President of club (date), or sent to speaker on (date). That way I could quickly identify if I have in stock an unused photo, especially when somebody rings up and asks, do you have any more photos. If I have two I can instantly see what they already have, tell them, and not waste time sending what they already have.
I used to save every photo I took, regardless. I know that technology is being developed to bring out of focus pictures into focus, eliminate red eye, move rubbish out of pictures, and impose new backgrounds.
However, after my computer seized up because it was over-full (message "no space") I needed to delete a few pictures.
When the article was published they used only one picture. The outdoor picture was chosen for a summer edition of the newspaper.
I asked a member of the newspaper staff why they had taken so many, wondering whether I had not achieved what they wanted with the first pose. I was told the photographer always takes a roll of film for each assignment.
I forgot about the photos, assuming the unused ones were lost or jettisoned.
Month, years later, I was in hospital and asked a member of my family to tell the newspaper. They printed a brief paragraph with a photo. I was told about this and assumed it was cropped from the photo they had originally used. No, they had found another photo which I had never seen, presumably saved from the first batch. Not only was the photo new to me, but more importantly it was new to their readers.
(It could be they just picked one at random from the set, not bothering to look up which was used before. But I suspect they did not need to check the article, the collection of photos would have been marked 'already used'. As I write this I am thinking, that's what I should do. Caption every photo I've used with a subtitle 'used in blog post about club meeting on (date), used in local newspaper on (date), used in club brochure (date), sent to President of club (date), or sent to speaker on (date). That way I could quickly identify if I have in stock an unused photo, especially when somebody rings up and asks, do you have any more photos. If I have two I can instantly see what they already have, tell them, and not waste time sending what they already have.
I used to save every photo I took, regardless. I know that technology is being developed to bring out of focus pictures into focus, eliminate red eye, move rubbish out of pictures, and impose new backgrounds.
However, after my computer seized up because it was over-full (message "no space") I needed to delete a few pictures.
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