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CarVaclast Tuesday at 3:10 PM2 repliesview on HN

It really depends on the person.

I do not take photos for the memories, I take photos for art and I do go back and look at them.


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xfillast Tuesday at 7:59 PM

I'm in the same boat. My phone is used to record 'memories', but I rarely ever look at the shots I capture with it. I'd probably be better off dropping this habit.

My camera is for art, and in my mind this an entirely different thing than recording stuff with my phone. These are as different as using writing utensils to briefly write notes vs. using them to make a complex drawing.

mcdeltatlast Tuesday at 10:44 PM

Same! For me this has had the unfortunate side effect of ruining non-art photo-taking. Someone shows me a regular phone photo and the photographer part of my brain is thinking "why did you even take this...?" Yes I'm a terrible friend