Digital Photos in the Home
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Digital Photos in the Home
701.81 Study
Paul Lapides
October 22, 2008
Photography is mostly digital
This changes how people
Share
Organize Store
Photograph
Circa 1900
Back in the day…
1977
2003
These days…
These days…
Photo-sharing Practices
•10 participants, ages 20 – 30•All computer literate•Half used DSLR, half point-n-shoot•Interviews in homes or University campus•Two distinct practices of sharing
Give and Take: A Study of Consumer Photo-Sharing Culture and PracticeAndrew D. Miller, W. Keith Edwards
Taking Photos
Take photos several times per year
Goal was to share events
Take photos twice a week
Photo-strolls
Goals were artistic or to improve their technique
Sharing Photos
Print out photos for collocated sharing
Share with close circle of family or friends
Use email
Hardly ever print, use remote sharing
Take photos for the intent of public sharing
Use websites
Flickr
Blipfoto
PicasaWeb
Privacy
Mother concerned
about #4
Privacy of subjects
in #5
Flickr has a ‘public’
feel to it
Organizating Photos
Infrequent transfers,
photos stay on camera
No time for organizing
Both use My Documents and Windows OS
Transfer photos to computer right away
Used tagging
Both used chronology,
year, month, day
Photoware
Remote sharing
Multi-use album creation
Audio annotations
Conversation recordings
Requirements of PhotowareDavid Frohlich, Allan Kuchinsky, Celine Pering, Abbe Don, Steven Ariss
Google Picasa
Geared toward hobbyist
Tagging, starring
Non-destructive editing
Seamless uploading and export
Slideshows
Adobe Lightroom
Geared towards professional workflow
More advanced editing
More flexible tagging, organization
Photography is mostly digital
This changes how people
Share
Organize Store
Photograph