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

Facebook

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