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I love photography. This forum is a great place to share images and discuss the thing we love to do. If there is one negative to it, I would have to say we sometimes perpetuate GAS. It is very hard to resist new gear sometimes when you see all the beautiful photos shown here with the latest and greatest because we all know it is the gear that makes the photos
My number 1 thing I learned as an individual this year is that my roots in photography are still to document my travels. I recently made a trip to Banff without my family to hit all the hot spots. As I was out there, I couldn't help but feeling empty. I got some nice photos that I wouldn't have been able to get with my family, but it was by far the most trivial, meaningless trip I have ever been on. I now know that I will never go on a Photo holiday with the intent purely of taking photos. I will stick with my roots and document my travels with my family by taking nice photos.
The second thing I learned is that I had to get organized and start sorting through my photos so they just didn't end up as a mass of 1's and 0's on my hard drives. Lightroom helped immensely with this task & smart collections. I am now about half way done sorting through all my favourite photos I have ever taken which are sorted into years and countless other trips. Its a start.
The third thing I learned is that I love seeing old photos and maybe even to a greater extent, old videos of my kids. What a keepsake. Back up those files locally in a raid array and also on the cloud. You won't regret spending the money. A cool way to back up your photos is to use the website exposure.co. I love this for my travels & other things. You wouldn't believe how many times I just open up my ipad and flip through the photos I have on my exposure page. You can see what it is like here. Exposure Link
The last thing I learned is to just print my photos. I do all my printing on metal now through bayphoto and the quality is fantastic. I recently had a Landscape photography show and it went over really well. It is tough to put out the money and dollars to print, but it really is satisfying to hang a favourite print on the wall.
So anyways, just thought I'd share some of the things I learned. It was a busy year photography wise for me and I'm looking forward to next year. Travel safe and have a Merry Christmas!
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