I admit that I sort of rag on Tyler for posting things like, well, this. But the thing is, if you like photography, and if you like documenting life, it's really not quite that absurd. It's also not as narcissistic as one might be inclined to believe either. Just because you put it online doesn't mean it's for an audience.
Diana made the comment to me this weekend that I seem to always have a camera on me, even if it's just the one in my phone. And it's true, I really do like to have one with me as much as possible to catch whatever mundane detail I see. I have a very creative side to me, but I can't sing, play the guitar, paint, or draw. But I can make photographs, and I'm really proud of many of them.
Digital photography has made it so easy now. Last year I appear to have snapped about 1,279 keepers (according to iPhoto), and so far this year I have 658. With a lot of excitement on the calendar for this year, I think I'll beat last year's count. I'm trying to actually make it a point to collect even more bits, because zeros and ones are really inexpensive, and easy to throw away if I don't need them.
While iPhoto serves its purpose, by the way, I'm surprised at how useful I'm finding Adobe Bridge to be. The documentation kind of sucks, but it's pretty great at handling a collection of files. It's not quite Aperture, but still a very useful program, especially for viewing the metadata (which I think is in a floating window in iPhoto).