Has the Digital Camera killed your family photo album?

Many people have a stockpile of stored, unprinted images in hopes of printing them some day. Unfortunately, future generations will never see them.

I enjoy looking at my family photos, dating back from the early 1900's

My advice: Get them printed on REAL photo paper now and regularly, otherwise you'll have a lump sum of hundreds of dollars in printing fees. Not only that, you will have the daunting task of sorting different images with the the exact same files names to even do it.

Early digital cameras were so low quality, the printed images were embarrassingly poor. A generation of crappy pictures to pass on.

The digital camera also loses the candid quality of picture taking. You can easily delete images that a traditional camera couldn't. Worst, you can erase an entire camera by accident.

By the way. I have been doing professional photography for over 25 years. I have a darkroom and I also do digital photo too (and I love it). I am concerned on the fact that so many people are going to lose family photos, that their next generation will never see.

Hey mr spin!
Thanks for the advice!
i have digital scrapbooks... I also do Digital art......
I only print out the good ones! and i have them all backed up on a dvd disk! There for i can store a few disks somewhere and i can keep my moments on paper as well but i have a back up! a disk is smaller then any photo book! a disk is even smaller then a shoe box of photo'!
after losing all my stuff in a fire! i'm for one am blessed to have moderen technology!
I don't think the digital has removed the photo album but it does point out the lazy peeps...
Early digital cameras had the same quility as a throw away camrea so i really don't know what your talking about plus isn't the moment not really the photo!!!
most Newer digital camreas have way to many steps to accidently erase your entire camerea! but is possilbe regardless!

the only thing i want to advise you on is keep a disk burnt of your 1900's photo's scan them and save them! if by chance they all don't fit in a fire safe then you will miss out on that viewing pleasure!
Again Tahnks for your advice
Keep snapping those camreas!

You should meet a good friend of mine, she could teach you a thing or two about digital cameras, and the fun that can be had with them. She could probably start her own photography business if she chose to do so. The scrapbooks she has put together for people are just awesome. She has her camera with her wherever she goes and is constantly putting together photo albums for her friends. She gave me a digital camera for Christmas, hoping for additions to the scrapbook she is putting together for me when I get married.

my goodness, the glass is half empty to you, isn't it! There are so many positive things with digital photography, but you seem to be dwelling on only the negative today!

Digital photography is HUGE, and many, many people have started taking more photos and yes, printing them out, than every before.

The scrapbooking industry is also influential in the increase in demand for photos, and people are printing out their photos and storing them in wonderful scrapbooks creating a story of their lives.

I know I used to take film photos, and was limited by developing costs, or only taking a few on the roll and taking forever to finish the roll, so they could sit there on the roll for years before they got developed! And the quality of photos I took back them with my Polaroid or cheap Instamatic--they are nothing compared to the quality I can get now with my digital. Those are the crappy photos!!

I have been using a digital camera for probably 6 or 7 years, and have never erased an entire "camera" by mistake. That would be very difficult to do. And it's not that easy to delete single images, either. It takes two clicks, generally, so unless you are a total idiot or just not thinking clearly it's not something you do easily.

I'm not sure why you are so down on digital, as it doesn't seem like you are very knowledgable about them from your comments!

Not in the least. I scanned family pics dating back to near the turn of the last century, with the originals safety stored away. The negatives? No idea where they are. But I've got 'em on file now, and can reprint them at any time, and at a better quality than the originals.

Yes!!! Now all of our photos are on the computer/ camera. We just print the ones we need. It seems, however, that all of the embarassing photos have vanished...

My mom has a digital camera. and I haven't seen a family album from her ever. Needless to say she kills every plant that comes in contact with her. She doesn't have the upkeep skills I guess. I have a one year old and have a couple of albums I am trying to fill with my daughter's beautiful face. I also recently tried to save those pictures on a cd. This has delayed my process in some ways. I guess I am just indecisive and a perfectionist. But the CD has helped in some ways I guess.

yes they have. None of our photos have been printed yet. I am glad i bought my self a digital camera printer so i can print them and do some more scrap booking.

I save all of my photos that aren't blurry to disks. Can't the generations to come look at those, just like I go through the slides my grandparents left behind.