Brandon's Puppy

Picture this!

Over the weekend, I was looking for something in the hall closet and came across a plastic tote containing all my picture negatives. I have no idea what I'm going to do with them, just like I have no idea what I'm going to do with all the boxes of prints that I have. Fortunately, my prints and negatives collection has not grown in the past four years. That's about as long as we've owned a digital camera. Coincidence? I think not!* I am so glad that digital cameras became affordable for the common folk, and aren't just for professionals anymore. I love that you can see an image instantly, rather than waiting to develop a roll of film to realize it was too light, or too dark, or somebody had their eyes closed or was making funny faces. It's not just a time saver, but a money saver as well, since you only print the images you like. And I won't even get into all the fun effects that can be created with the camera itself, or a computer. Can you tell I'm a sucker for digital photography?!
We originally had the Sony Cybershot DSC-P50, with 2.1 megpixels. That camera was such a waste of money, and we didn't take very long to replace it with the Canon Powershot SD300, 4.0 megapixels. So far, we've had it for over three years, and I have absolutely no complaints about it. I love it! The screen is all scratchd up from the contents of my purse, but I don't care. I take it everywhere with me. Of course, I'd be far more careful if I owned something like the Nikon D3, but I'm sure I'd have the same trouble deleting "bad" shots. You know how it is, old habits die hard.

So, answer me this: if a picture is worth a thousand words, and I have thousands of pictures, how many words are they worth? ;-)

(*-did ya get the reference?)