Why do you to take photographs? If you surf on the Internet some of the answers you’re likely to find will include:
- Embarrassing (or celebratory) moments
- An #OOTD (outfit of the day for you non-millenials) or self portrait
- And of course, food
On the surface, these could be meaningless, but if you take another look with a different perspective, you may come away with something different.
Embarrassing or celebratory moments are ways of showcasing our accomplishments or just capturing a moment in time of something funny, silly that we’ll want to look back on at a later date.
An outfit of the day is a statement of who we are. It’s an opportunity to look back at who we were and where we’ve come.
A picture of a well-prepared meal isn’t just about food, but about the moment shared at a restaurant or from the kitchen of friends or family. It’s a larger statement about the experience of how and why you had that particular meal.
Are your photos really that important? Here’s why I say “yes.”
Photos give us a visual history – they are timeline of the past we can look back on, highlighting key events and milestones.
Photos capture memories – making the winning play at the big game, the day she said “yes,” that time where your boss dressed as Elvis for Halloween. These are the moments you want to remember.
Photos depict experiences – places we’ve gone, people we’ve met. These are experiences that have shaped us into who we are and who we’ve become.
There are 70 million photos/videos shared daily on Instagram [1]
Yes, your photos are definitely important, but now what?
Simple – you save them.
It’s a no-brainer to recommend an external hard drive like Seagate Seven or Personal Cloud to backup your photos. Either device would be the perfect solution giving you easy access to your photographs. Seagate Seven, the world’s thinnest, hard drive makes portability and accessibility a snap. Personal Cloud gives you access to your photos from anywhere at any time.
Yet let’s look at an alternative product that really made some noise at this year’s CES show that exemplifies the aforementioned reasons why your photos are important – Lyve.
Lyve is a free app that you can access from mobile or desktop that will put all your photos in one place. Once installed on your devices, Lyve will pull together your photos and videos into a single library so you can find, share, and view your photos wherever you go. The app will even sort them by date, making it really easy to access that photo of Oreo Cookie Red Velvet cupcakes you took while out on the town.
Lyve also has a storage solution in either 500GB or 2TB capacity giving you a backup repository of all your photos that’s small enough to sit elegantly on your coffee table for display.Or if you already have all the Seagate storage you need, Lyve also works with any Seagate product.
Your photos make you, well, you – a visual extension of your personality and character. They are the visual journal that will chronicle your life no matter where you are or what you do. So yes, your photos are pretty important – important enough for you to save them on your own time capsule courtesy of Lyve and Seagate.
[1] Source: Instagram Blog
