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Newsflash: Photos Don't Replace Memories!
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Let me repeat that for those that aren't listening. Photos don't replace memories.
To be clear, the next time you are at a wedding, or you are taking a class picture, or your company is taking a group picture at a company party, you've got a family reunion, etc, remember that photos don't replace memories.
So, here is the scenario, someone didn't show up. Say, the uncle that used to lovingly touch your private parts when you were a kid couldn't give you away at your wedding because he was serving time. Now, you see the photographer taking group shots of the family on one of those newfangled digital cameras. You walk up and say, "Since you are shooting digitally, can you add in my uncle to the group shot of kid touchers?"
Of course he can, but he won't tell you that.
Here is why. In order to make the picture of your uncle merge with the rest of the photo in a natural way, he has to get a shot of your uncle that happens to be the same perspective and lighting conditions that are currently present. The warm glow and twinkle in everyone's eyes reflected from the candles on the tables of the beachside banquet aren't in the booking photo that your uncle sent from prison. In fact, the skin tones will be off, because your romantic sunset wedding casts a softer light than the harsh green fluorescent bulbs in the interrogation room that reveal the pits and scars on your uncle's face.
So, IF the photographer decides to add your meth addict uncle into a group shot, he is going to have to do a lot of work to make it look natural. It can be done.
Now, consider another point. When your photographer takes those pictures, he will have metered the light, and done everything so that he captured the photo right the first time. In other words, he isn't going to do any post-processing. At least, he isn't if he is worth the money. Every image that can go directly from the camera to the printer will only cost the price of the media plus a percentage of the equipment costs and hourly wage that it took to capture the image. As soon as you have decided to add Uncle EarlJoeBobJim, you have added in labor for post-processing. So, if you figure out how much per hour it cost to have the photographer on site, you can now add an hour or two worth of labor for each image that you want your precious uncle in the picture.
So, say you get the photographer to agree, and you go through the pain of locating a suitable image of your uncle, and the photographer does the color-correction and photoshop work that makes it look like your uncle really was standing second row so that he could shove his hard cock into your niece’s back like usual. Say he does a fantastic job, and everyone he shows can't pick out the person in the picture that wasn't in the original shot.
You still won't like it.
Why?
Because he wasn't fucking there!
You know he wasn't there. You know it, and your memory will keep revealing the lie. You won't be happy with the picture, and you will be disappointed in the photographer. So, save yourself the trouble and remember, "Photos don't replace memories."
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