So Many Photos, So Little Time (and Memory)

Location: Soi 1 Guesthouse, Sukhumvit Soi 1, Bangkok, Thailand

Adventure of the Day: Trying to download, back-up, delete, post, and generally accommodate all of the many photos I've taken!

One of the things that’s been preventing me from posting is the insane numbers of pictures I’ve been taking.

You see, I take the photos on my camera (duh). And then I have to put them on my computer as a backup, because that’s just smart. But because I’m paranoid about something happening to my dear old Cheese* (he is more than four years old), I have to back up the photos yet again. Without an external hard-drive (I keep thinking I should buy one, but all honesty I would be just as worried about losing it), I’m backing them up online via Google’s Picasa. But I have too many photos for Picasa’s allotted space, so I have to weed out the really important ones to save. Which isn’t too hard seeing as most of the photos I take I look at a week later and don’t recall why I took the photo in the first place.

Another reason it’s important for me to get the photos on Picasa — I can directly link them to this very blog, so there’s a whole lot less downloading time. And if I’m backing them up on Picasa, why not link to them?

But it takes a ton of time for me to actually get the photos on Picasa (especially with inconsistent internet access/speed), so I have to wait to blog about something until I get the pics up. Cause I’d really rather not write a blog post without pictures. I want to share my experiences, and that means sharing photos of what I’m doing. Plus, as Trippy Tricia taught me in Intro to Web Development, visual elements are essential to a dynamic and enjoyable web experience. But then there’s the question of what size I should post the photos.

Extra big and beautiful in all their HD, 2000+pixel glory…

Sunset on Koh Phangan.

Still really big...

A more manageable size…

 

Or small, allowing more to fit in each post. 

The last thing I have to do with my photos is upload the good ones to Facebook. Cause I really want to inspire envy in my friends. And because I’m a writer, I have the undeniable urge to caption practically every photo. But again, this is more for my benefit than anyone else’s. I have the memory of a fish, and writing down why I took a photo helps me remember what actually happened. 

Never fear, though. I've just fully updated my Picasa account, and during the many hours of servitude at the desk here at Soi 1 in the coming weeks all my various adventures will be rehashed! 

I wish my Cheese actually looked like this

* My computer’s name, for those unaware. Cause it’s a Mac. Get it? Mac and Cheese. This probably amuses me too much.