I find taking pictures with a digital camera much easier and less expensive then using my camera that takes film.

When my kids were little I have pictures of them but not like I have pictures of my grandkids now. Why? Because back 30-40 years ago they didn't have digital cameras. I didn't like taking pictures because I would cut off peoples heads and other parts of their anatomy.

I gave that job to my husband who was not always around since he was in the Navy and off on a ship somewhere for months on end.

Now with my digital camera I love to take pictures. I have a camera almost attached to my hand. I love to take pictures of my grandkids. Of flowers or anything I can think of.

I write a newsletter for a Singles Group I belong to and I am the official photographer for any social outing we do. What a switch from hating to take pictures to loving to take pictures. After I have taken my pictures I download them into my computer by a cord or by a card. I can make individual files for each of projects.

I do have pictures of my kids with gaps. I had placed them in albums and forgot about them. I was looking for a picture to use on a specific project when I discovered that most of the pictures were turning brown. I immediately started pulling all the pictures out of the albums and decided on a long project of scanning them into my computer.

Wow! This is really time consuming. But was it worth the effort? What do you think? I now have my kid's baby pictures in a place where I can access them immediately. I have my baby pictures, my parent's pictures with immediate access.

I was looking at pictures of family and friends who have been deceased for years. What a walk down memory lane. I even remembered when and where some pictures were taken.

I had taken pictures of my daughter when she was days old but I had used the wrong film. The pictures turned out brown. I almost didn't scan them into the computer but I am glad I did. I found that wherever you have picture software there is a way to edit the pictures. I edited her baby pictures and for the first time in 30 years you can actually see her face. To my delight and my daughters delight.

Before digital cameras when a parent passed away the pictures were the first thing siblings fought over. These were at times bitter battles. Even in my family my sister told me a story of my cousin walking off with a bunch of old pictures of our parents. She just took them. I hope she has the sense to scan them so we can all have copies of these pictures.

With scanning everyone can have copies of the pictures. The family pictures are the most precious things we own. When there is a fire or flood or for any reason all we have is destroyed, pictures is the things we go looking for first.

The pictures can be emailed, backed up on a CD or on a blue tooth. A copy can be put in a safe deposit box. There your family history will be saved for future generations. I like to compare my kid's baby pictures with their kids now. The same face. Amazing. I know it is a lot of work but I really believe it was well worth it.

Thank you for reading my article. Please feel free to read any article I have written on various subjects.
Linda E. Meckler author, copyright 2008

Linda is the author of her first published book, "Ghost Kids Trilogy. "Christy, 12 and her Brother Brad, 16 move into an old house and meet Ghost Kids. Adventures keep you mystified until the hunt for Pirates' Treasure. Love, Family Values and Charity burst off the pages.

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