I saw something online the other day contrasting our collective mentality between film and digital photography. Something along the lines of: film - shoot 24 images, digital - shoot 1000, film - develop 24 images, digital - download 1000, film - print 24 images, digital - print 0, film - look at 24 images, digital - never look at photos again. While this might not be entirely true for all of us, I certainly can be an offender of taking hundreds of photos (while shooting digitally), download them to my computer, and look at them only whenever I need to clean out my hard drive.
Recently (in an attempt to make some space on my computer and create a few free gigabytes), I uncovered folder after folder of digital photos (and a few film scans) I've taken throughout the years. There's been a lot to sort through- especially in the years after I got a smartphone with a halfway decent camera- but it's been interesting to see how my photographic eye has changed (and hasn't) and recall where I was physically and mentally while creating these images.
Not all of the images I found were anything special- most are silly snapshots of my sister or family and purely documentation shots from camp or trips- but some are images I really love that I just never got around to posting or sharing anywhere. I'm not much when it comes to maintaining a consistent online presence, but I figured this unofficial blog would be a good place to share some old work and let some of the images that have been sitting idle on my computer have a place to live and be displayed.