FabSwingers.com forum: Photo Albums

By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

Gentlemën, Ladiës, Nøn-Binariës and Whateveriës...

We have seen a resurgence of vinyl records as a hark back to 'old school' non-digital media that you can covet and cherish...

However, do you keep classic photo albums? Pictorial printed artefacts of friends, family, self portraits, anthologies of your work, hobbies and projects?

Do you have physically bound albums containing some your treasured photographs or do they all languish in digital format in the forgotten ether?

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By *omething4theweekend2023Couple
over a year ago

newcastle

We have a memory book for every year detailing all the things we did.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

I have two large photo albums mainly old family ones given to me when my parents passed .

I regularly look through them and will never get rid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've got boxes of photos that I've found over the years or had passed on to me. I love looking through them. I'm just sad that there is now no one around to tell me about the people in them I don't recognise.

My dad passed away 12 years ago and it was only a couple of months ago that I finally got some child hood photos of him as well as photos of his mum (she passed away before I was born and I'm named after her) They mean the world to me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Gentlemën, Ladiës, Nøn-Binariës and Whateveriës...

We have seen a resurgence of vinyl records as a hark back to 'old school' non-digital media that you can covet and cherish...

However, do you keep classic photo albums? Pictorial printed artefacts of friends, family, self portraits, anthologies of your work, hobbies and projects?

Do you have physically bound albums containing some your treasured photographs or do they all languish in digital format in the forgotten ether?"

I have these fabulous photo albums of my childhood. When my Grandma was in her late 80’s (a bit dotty) she decided to separate her 1000’s of albums and make photo albums of each grandchild and give them to each of us.

The aforementioned dottieness however meant that she kept forgetting which grandchild she was on. They all start well a few pages of photos of me then the all of sudden we are in my cousin’s teenage years, then my youngest brother as a baby, back to me, having skipped a few years

I think I love them more because they are so random.

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

I absolutely love photos I've a box full, I try to get some printed every few months but I'm slacking at the moment, I don't think you can beat looking back through old memories.

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By *e renard de la campagneMan
over a year ago

Surrey mostly when over

I have all my parents old photos and some going back to grandparents. It’s lovely to dip into them and I wouldn’t be without them. Xx

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

I have albums, I have boxes and boxes of photos, and new albums as well

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By *MisschiefxTV/TS
over a year ago

London

I don't keep them but when I see other peoples I wish I did. It's hard to appreciate a moment in time until it becomes a memory.

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"We have a memory book for every year detailing all the things we did. "

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Memories! They are indelible.

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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago

Derry

Before my parents passed there was a period when all family photos were scanned and saved by muggins here. The few physical photos I have are more about memories.

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"I have two large photo albums mainly old family ones given to me when my parents passed .

I regularly look through them and will never get rid

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Grumpy, an old family album is like a vintage pocket watch: you never really own it but just pass it down the generations.

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By *iscean_dreamMan
over a year ago

Llanelli

I have loads of landscape and general nature photos and would like to put them in albums one day. At the moment I have lots printed but just in the photo slips they were sent in.

This time of year I'm mostly taking photos of flowers and fuzzy butts (Bees)

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"I've got boxes of photos that I've found over the years or had passed on to me. I love looking through them. I'm just sad that there is now no one around to tell me about the people in them I don't recognise.

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I think this is very poignant: looking at cherished images of unfamiliar family members who you know mean something to you in some measurable way but you don't have the full information of where exactly they fit into the family tree.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We have a few photo albums. I think it’s really important to take pictures and get them printed out to keep as memories for my kids when they grow up. I loved looking through all the photo albums my parents had when I was younger, getting to see what they were like before I was around and the things they got up to.

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By *ansoffateMan
over a year ago

Sagittarius A

I have boxes of photo albums in the loft. And my wife's family, some going back to Jamaica. Baby shoes, wedding and christening dresses in old suitcases they brought with them. My daughters are the end of that line.

I don't keep much memorabilia for myself. A few things. My panda from when I was a baby. A few pics in a shoe box, couple of bits of Jewellery, Zippo lighter my grandad gave me. A few letters and postcards from times when girlfriends would write, in purple ink and seal with a kiss

. Things I associate with meaningful memories.

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"I have these fabulous photo albums of my childhood. When my Grandma was in her late 80’s (a bit dotty) she decided to separate her 1000’s of albums and make photo albums of each grandchild and give them to each of us.

I think I love them more because they are so random. "

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Thank you for this endearing insight. You must have been a 'nouvelle kitten' when you were given these pictorial photographs of remembrance?

Dotty grandmothers make for poor archivists but for rich memories.

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By *he love catsCouple
over a year ago

South Wales

We have a wedding album, our children's annual school photos and some old photo albums from a few years ago. We do have mostly digital photos these days though.

I would love to see a revival of photo albums as I fear that future generations will miss out on the great deal of pleasure that they have bought us, many a giggle and a few tears over the years.

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By *bi HaiveMan
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"Gentlemën, Ladiës, Nøn-Binariës and Whateveriës...

We have seen a resurgence of vinyl records as a hark back to 'old school' non-digital media that you can covet and cherish...

However, do you keep classic photo albums? Pictorial printed artefacts of friends, family, self portraits, anthologies of your work, hobbies and projects?

Do you have physically bound albums containing some your treasured photographs or do they all languish in digital format in the forgotten ether?"

I have albums, framed prints all over walls, the odd canvas, custom made books, fridge magnets, mugs and hundreds of thousands of images on hard drives.

I like to cover all bases.......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh I love actual photos, I have loads. And a Polaroid camera, awesome vintage style pics.

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"I absolutely love photos I've a box full, I try to get some printed every few months but I'm slacking at the moment, I don't think you can beat looking back through old memories.

Mrs "

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I'm impressed with your 'Kodak commitment' - regular printing indeed.

Do you print them at home or get them produced externally?

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"Oh I love actual photos, I have loads. And a Polaroid camera, awesome vintage style pics. "

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...and it's lovely to see you back in all your technicolour resplendence.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"I have two large photo albums mainly old family ones given to me when my parents passed .

I regularly look through them and will never get rid

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Grumpy, an old family album is like a vintage pocket watch: you never really own it but just pass it down the generations.

My Nephew will get these when I'm gone indeed kind chap

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By *inkyInkedBiWoman
over a year ago

I have hundreds of photos from age 18/19/20 when I’d be out every weekend and would take a disposable camera then wait to get developed and see if any were good

It’s lovely to look back on.

There’s apps now where you can get so many free photos per month. I like to get some printed of the kids over the years.

Love looking at mum and dads photo albums from years back too, old pics of when my grandparents were younger

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By *hrista BellendWoman
over a year ago

surrounded by twinkly lights

Yep I have physical and digital pics of memories across the years

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"I have all my parents old photos and some going back to grandparents. It’s lovely to dip into them and I wouldn’t be without them. Xx"

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A keepsake for eternity!

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"I have albums, I have boxes and boxes of photos, and new albums as well"

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Would you like for me to archive these for you, Ms. Pøshinski? If so please do not tell Jülië.

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"I don't keep them but when I see other peoples I wish I did. It's hard to appreciate a moment in time until it becomes a memory."

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I suppose there is a difference between distant memory and living memory.

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"Before my parents passed there was a period when all family photos were scanned and saved by muggins here. The few physical photos I have are more about memories."

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This must have been a joyous labour of love to scan all those delicate and physical originals. Handled with care / Scanned with flair.

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"I have loads of landscape and general nature photos and would like to put them in albums one day. At the moment I have lots printed but just in the photo slips they were sent in.

This time of year I'm mostly taking photos of flowers and fuzzy butts (Bees) "

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"Fuzzy Butts" should be Fåb's 'term of the week' for this week.

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By *iscean_dreamMan
over a year ago

Llanelli

"I have loads of landscape and general nature photos and would like to put them in albums one day. At the moment I have lots printed but just in the photo slips they were sent in.

This time of year I'm mostly taking photos of flowers and fuzzy butts (Bees)

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"Fuzzy Butts" should be Fåb's 'term of the week' for this week.

When I see them sticking out a flower I just want to tickle them

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By *edeWoman
over a year ago

the abyss

I do have some but have not printed any photos recently - think I might just have to change that though

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over a year ago

"I have loads of landscape and general nature photos and would like to put them in albums one day. At the moment I have lots printed but just in the photo slips they were sent in.

This time of year I'm mostly taking photos of flowers and fuzzy butts (Bees)

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"Fuzzy Butts" should be Fåb's 'term of the week' for this week.

When I see them sticking out a flower I just want to tickle them

I have a fuzzy butt

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By *iscean_dreamMan
over a year ago

Llanelli

"I have loads of landscape and general nature photos and would like to put them in albums one day. At the moment I have lots printed but just in the photo slips they were sent in.

This time of year I'm mostly taking photos of flowers and fuzzy butts (Bees)

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"Fuzzy Butts" should be Fåb's 'term of the week' for this week.

When I see them sticking out a flower I just want to tickle them

I have a fuzzy butt

I'd tickle yours, you don't even need to stick your head in a flower either

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
over a year ago

Manchester-ish

"I have albums, I have boxes and boxes of photos, and new albums as well

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Would you like for me to archive these for you, Ms. Pøshinski? If so please do not tell Jülië.

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

When my dad died my stepmum deleted his Facebook account. Sadly that was where he'd put every photo for over a decade, so I have very few photos of him in later life. While our relationship was complicated and stressful, I find it a huge shame that I have so few physical keepsakes.

I do post photos online and I do store them electronically, but those that have sentimental value I also tend to print. Sometimes I frame them, sometimes I just keep them in a box. I'm not great on organising into albums but maybe one day I'll get round to it.

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By *acktopervMan
over a year ago

Stourport-On-Severn

As i have been a keen amateur since my early teens, i have now got 10's of 1000's of pics. The vast majority of which were taken on slide film up until 2001. In 2001 i bought my first digital camera and have been completely digital ever since then.

All the slide pics that i took before then i converted to digital images using a Nikon slide scanner, which i have still got.

I regularly look at my old pics because sometimes it reinforces the need to go back and retake a pic. I'm also the custodian of all of my mum and dads pics, along with all of thier mum and dads pics. A big responsibility for future generations of my family.

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

I was an avid photographer in pre-digital days and have many albums from family holidays, days out, and just daily life. Post-digital the galleries on my computer system contain thousands of pictures. I also have a few albums inherited from my parents that contain pictures going back to when my dad bought a box camera while doing his national service (not a cheap hobby at that time I should think!).

I suppose that in years to come I may find joy in looking through all these photos again. At the moment everything is too raw with the losses I have suffered over the last several years, I feel it hard enough with some of the photos I have on the mantelpiece and walls in the house (and no, I'm not going to take them down, that would be even worse), so the albums and the computer galleries remain closed for the present.

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"We have a few photo albums. I think it’s really important to take pictures and get them printed out to keep as memories for my kids when they grow up. I loved looking through all the photo albums my parents had when I was younger, getting to see what they were like before I was around and the things they got up to. "

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There is something wondrous about peering into an old family photo, with the album on your lap and a pondering reflective smile on your face. You can't replicate that experience from a smartphone.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They are slowly deteriorating in the attic until my kids throw them in the skip once I have snuffed it.

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

"They are slowly deteriorating in the attic until my kids throw them in the skip once I have snuffed it."

Could be worse. They might keep the photos and throw you in the skip

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By *ickshawedCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

I do a big print of our photos every couple of years. I have got a lot in albums, but also in a box as I ran out of albums. I really need to buy some more but never seem to get round to it.

I have a lot of albums on Facebook too that the kids love looking through. I tend to do a new one every year and for special occasions

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"I have boxes of photo albums in the loft. And my wife's family, some going back to Jamaica. Baby shoes, wedding and christening dresses in old suitcases they brought with them. My daughters are the end of that line.

. Things I associate with meaningful memories."

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You should hold a Retrospective Exhibition for your kids.

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"We have a wedding album, our children's annual school photos and some old photo albums from a few years ago. We do have mostly digital photos these days though.

I would love to see a revival of photo albums as I fear that future generations will miss out on the great deal of pleasure that they have bought us, many a giggle and a few tears over the years."

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"Gentlemën, Ladiës, Nøn-Binariës and Whateveriës...

We have seen a resurgence of vinyl records as a hark back to 'old school' non-digital media that you can covet and cherish...

However, do you keep classic photo albums? Pictorial printed artefacts of friends, family, self portraits, anthologies of your work, hobbies and projects?

Do you have physically bound albums containing some your treasured photographs or do they all languish in digital format in the forgotten ether?

I have albums, framed prints all over walls, the odd canvas, custom made books, fridge magnets, mugs and hundreds of thousands of images on hard drives.

I like to cover all bases.......

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You're literally keeping the memories alive on every facet of your home!

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"I have hundreds of photos from age 18/19/20 when I’d be out every weekend and would take a disposable camera then wait to get developed and see if any were good

It’s lovely to look back on.

There’s apps now where you can get so many free photos per month. I like to get some printed of the kids over the years.

Love looking at mum and dads photo albums from years back too, old pics of when my grandparents were younger

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Did your parents encourage this great vocation, InkedMinx?

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By *inkyInkedBiWoman
over a year ago

"I have hundreds of photos from age 18/19/20 when I’d be out every weekend and would take a disposable camera then wait to get developed and see if any were good

It’s lovely to look back on.

There’s apps now where you can get so many free photos per month. I like to get some printed of the kids over the years.

Love looking at mum and dads photo albums from years back too, old pics of when my grandparents were younger

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Did your parents encourage this great vocation, InkedMinx?

Not really, I think I’ve just always loved having actual photos. Plus I loved how funny they were when you didn’t know what to expect, couldn’t take ten of the same thing with an iPhone to get a good one

My grandad had an old suitcase full of old pics, it was a joy to go through them. Precious memories

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over a year ago

"They are slowly deteriorating in the attic until my kids throw them in the skip once I have snuffed it.

Could be worse. They might keep the photos and throw you in the skip

I have no problem with that. I will be beyond caring..

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"They are slowly deteriorating in the attic until my kids throw them in the skip once I have snuffed it.

Could be worse. They might keep the photos and throw you in the skip

I have no problem with that. I will be beyond caring.."

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By *ansoffateMan
over a year ago

Sagittarius A

. Things I associate with meaningful memories.

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You should hold a Retrospective Exhibition for your kids.

That is a great idea, thank you. They aren't quite ready yet, still a bit to painful. I will keep it mind for when they are though.

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"I was an avid photographer in pre-digital days and have many albums from family holidays, days out, and just daily life. Post-digital the galleries on my computer system contain thousands of pictures. I also have a few albums inherited from my parents that contain pictures going back to when my dad bought a box camera while doing his national service (not a cheap hobby at that time I should think!).

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Thank you for this 'familial' insight, Pølly.

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By *essicagraceWoman
over a year ago

birmingham

I have photo albums, scrap books, and photos on the walls. Big lover of photos x

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By *eroLondon OP Man
over a year ago

Covent Garden

"I have photo albums, scrap books, and photos on the walls. Big lover of photos x"

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I would like to see your woodcarvings and Sgraffito etchings, Ms. Gråce!

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