Everyone might have their own reason for thinking that pictures are important. It might be for proof that an event happened. Proof that they were there.
I want to capture a moment so that I can look at it forever. Recall in perfection what everything looked like so that I can remember what everything felt like.
I used to wonder why people took so many pictures with their phones. The quality is horrible in comparison to what a good point and shoot or amazing Digital SLR can take.
Once I had Zach, I totally understood. I ALWAYS had my phone next to me and I never had time to go and grab a better camera. Plus, I could show Grandma's and Grandpa's and Uncle's and Aunt's and anyone else who cared to look almost instantly what Zach and I were up to.
I put hundreds and hundreds of pictures on my phone. And when he started laughing his little 3 month old Zach laugh, I started taking videos. I put some of the pictures on Flickr. I couldn't find a way to get the video off of my phone easily so I just enjoyed them from there.
Well....now my phone is dead and all the information has been deleted and lost forever. And I am totally gutted. All those videos of my little bear playing and laughing. Crawling for the first time, are gone.
This is a lesson that I hope to only learn once.
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