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Jason McBride's avatar

I have the same problem with organizing my photos. I'm thinking about putting a lot of my photos into a physical format so that I don't lose them due to data corruption.

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Amie McGraham's avatar

Another fan of water pics (see what I did there? which is, in part, a lie bc I seriously dislike the type of water pic used to rinse one’s mouth). Photos of surf and beaches and rugged cliffs and shoreline mitigate the drought encrusted world of the desert southwest I orbit for 9 months of the year. 🌵

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Jason McBride's avatar

I couldn't live in the desert for long, but I love visiting and seeing the huge parched vistas.

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Chele's avatar

I take a bazillion pictures of interesting patterns in nature: anything from lichens to tree bark to wood grain on telephone poles to bird poop. Then I go home and find shapes or faces in them to doodle in my sketchbook. My weird daily image safari makes my family scratch their heads...

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Jason McBride's avatar

I love that this is your daily practice. I usually only take photo safaris when I'm creatively stuck, or I want a certain texture for something. I have a lot of pictures of tree bark and ground cover that I sometimes use in collages to give something just the right feel.

Lately, I've been looking back ay my photo roll for inspiration for poems and photos. But I haven't taken many photos lately. I'm going to add a photo safari element to my daily walks for a bit and see how that goes. Thanks for the inspiration!

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Chele's avatar

Cool! I started doing it to avoid pandemic cabin fever, and intend to keep going. Have fun!

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Skyler Cail's avatar

The sky. Sunrises on the way to take the small human to school. Sunsets when I’m out and about that time of day. Rainbows are an absolute favorite and in the summertime those massive supercell thunderstorms that come through.

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Jason McBride's avatar

We don't get many thunderstorms where I live, but you're making me want to go all storm chaser and get some pictures of approaching storms!

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Skyler Cail's avatar

Stormchasing is a dream of mine for sure! 😮‍💨

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Justin Deming's avatar

I’m with Skyler on this! I take a lot of pictures of the sky as well. We have a great view of the Catskill Mountains from my backyard, so we are blessed with many beautiful sunsets. In the summertime I also enjoy watching storms roll in from the west. I also take a lot of photos of forests. I love finding old, Ent-like trees with twisted limbs and unique features.

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Jason McBride's avatar

I love finding ent-like trees! Old, gnarled trees that look like they have gruff personalities is one of my favorite things to look for while hiking.

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