Thing 18 – Communicating through photographs

It is fair to say that the growth in digital technology has changed the face of photography and the way that we create, view and use them. As a child we had a camera and you bought a role of film that took either 24 or maybe even 36 photos.  A great holiday might mean that you had two or three rolls of film to be developed.  If you wanted to share the photos, you either had to have them copied (an expensive option) or you had to wait until you saw the people you wanted to share with.  Then we moved on to digital cameras which will take many more photos and can then be added to the computer and emailed to family and friends.

Nowadays we live in a totally different world.  People take photos on cameras, phones and tablets.  They share them in all the old ways but they also have options such as Flickr and Instagram.  I  have had a Flickr account for some time, but have not used it to upload photos.  Perhaps I need to look at those I would not mind up loading.  Instagram is something I have wanted to get for a while, mainly because Chris Riddell, the Children’s laureate puts loads of his fabulous illustrations on this site.  It is his record of all the things he is doing as the laureate.

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Chris Riddell, 2015

 

when I went on Flickr I searched for libraries and came up with huge numbers of images of the most amazing libraries, big and small, public and private.  I suspect that most librarians have a great desire to have their own private library space, complete with comfy chair and somewhere to put a cup of coffee or glass of wine.  The first photo is of such a place, although the owners admit that they also have bookshelves all over their house.  I am lucky enough to have a workroom with bookshelves, but I am a long way off from being as organized as this room.

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Library of Carrington Cottage Some rights reserved

   Usually I try and include a number of photos in my blog but in order to make things easier tend to include images that I have taken myself.  In general this is not a problem, but you do need to check that photography is allowed and that people do not mind having photos taken, also remember not to take photos of children without permission if you are doing an event.  The only problem with blogs can be the limited space and i have found it best to upgrade so that \i do not have the same limitations.