On Sep 6, 5:31 pm, Scott W wrote:

You seem to have a huge disdain for "sucky family shots", it kind of
sounds like you only view photography as worthwhile if it is artistic.
But I got to tell you that in time, say 20 to 30 years, "sucky family
shots" can end up having a lot of value. I had a grandmother who only
would take artistic photos, almost all landscape. She had good gear and
thought of herself as a good photographer, as did a lot of other people
at the time. She has been dead now for almost 30 years, and no one
could give a rats ass about her photos, it is a real shame that in with
all the artistic stuff she took she could not have been bothered to take
a few "sucky family shots", just something to think about.


I got to thinking about this a few days ago. Most of my photos are
just photos of the places I live in and visit, and I don't think my
son (for example) will give a toss about them in 50 years. On the
other hand, I have a couple of otherwise ordinary photos of one of my
grandfathers during some military campaigns in the 1900s and 1910s,
which I greatly value. It certainly made me think.