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Celebrate the Day…Share Your Photos!

 

Where would we be without our cameras?  And now…where would we be without cameras on our phones???

 

Today is World Photography Day!!!

 

 

My father, an amateur photographer, developed his film.  I still remember the familiar smell when he was in his “dark room”,  turning negatives into our family photos. He taught me to take my time rather than snap at everything. Frame your subject!

 

One of my proudest moments was when he praised a picture I’d taken on my senior trip. It was a picture of a small sailboat that was taken while I toured the USS Constitution.  The small sailboat was framed in the halyards or lines of the ship.

 

Some interesting facts…

  • In 2025, some 2.1 trillion photos will be taken worldwide.
  • The average American takes 20 photos a day.
  • Smartphones accounted for 94% of all photos taken in 2024
  • 14 billion images are shared daily on social media

*Information courtesy of Phototutorial and researched by Matic Broz



The theme this year is My Favorite Photo. If you wish, share your favorite photo on the social media platform of your choice with the tags #Worldphotographyday and #Worldphotographyday2025.

 



Have a fun day taking pictures. If you feel like it, share one of your favorites here or in your post!

 

 

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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Good Tuesday morning, Kathy. This is a good day to celebrate. 

 

Aug 19, 2025 04:14 AM
Kathy Streib

Roy Kelley I thought of you while I wrote this post!!!

Aug 19, 2025 04:00 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Real Estate Broker

Good morning, Kathy... I'd be just fine without a camera! Most of the time I forget I have one in my phone. I've long said that I don't know which I hate more: being behind a camera or in front of a camera. I do realize I fall out of the norm in this regard. :)

Aug 19, 2025 04:22 AM
Kathy Streib

Nina Hollander, Broker I get it!  I enjoy it but I'm a point and shooter. 

Aug 19, 2025 04:01 PM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Kathy - yesterday was new phone day for me.  As the helpful salesperson was assisting me, she said one particular model was "better" because of its camera.  I said, it didn't matter as I don't take photos.  Enjoy the day however you celebrate it.  🤳📷😎

Aug 19, 2025 04:42 AM
Kathy Streib

Hi Michael Jacobs My sister-in-law felt the same way many years ago. She would not give up her flip phone. However, she was the one who was with her grandbabies while the parents worked. The pictures on the flip phone were awful. That's how we all convinced her to get an iPhone!

Aug 19, 2025 04:07 PM
Sharon Tara

Wow...almost unheard of these days. I've been trying to take less photos, but still there always seems to be too many.

Aug 20, 2025 07:50 AM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

I take tons of photos and simply could not pick a favorite! Today I'm going to be going on a hike to a firetower and bet I will be taking a lot more photos!

Happy world photography day!

Aug 19, 2025 04:43 AM
Kathy Streib

Kat Palmiotti that sounds exciting! I can't wait to see the photos!!!

Aug 19, 2025 04:08 PM
Sham Reddy CRS
Howard Hanna RE Services, Dayton, OH - Dayton, OH
CRS

Love your passion for a lot of things Kathy including photography!!!

Have a fun day taking pictures!!!

Aug 19, 2025 05:25 AM
Kathy Streib

Sham Reddy CRS awwww thank you!   Hope all is well with you. 

Aug 19, 2025 04:10 PM
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Oswego, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Good morning Kathy. I am beginning to think Nina Hollander, Broker and I are related, soince many times we think alike. I take few photos and don't like to be I photos. That said my phone is loaded with photos of my grandkids. Enjoy your day.

Aug 19, 2025 05:47 AM
Kathy Streib

Wayne Martin I am so thankful for digital photography!!!!   I can snap and delete if I want. 

Aug 19, 2025 04:11 PM
Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty
Waves Realty - Melbourne, FL
Florida Space Coast Homes

Years ago when we went on vacation we always made sure to bring lots of film and our camera...then we got digital cameras (and they always came along). Now our phones do everything including waking us up in the morning.

Aug 19, 2025 06:25 AM
Kathy Streib

Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty that's it in a nutshell. And oh yes, I remember going to Acapulco pre-digital days. We took loads of film and I'm glad we did after I saw how much film was there. 

Aug 19, 2025 04:12 PM
Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Cell: 631-805-4400
The Top Team @ Charles Rutenberg Realty 255 Executive Dr, Plainview NY 11803 - Plainview, NY
Long Island Condo and Home Specialists

Kathy, today we're going to be with our photographer who will be taking the photos of a new condo listing. I'll be looking for different angles he uses in them.

Aug 19, 2025 06:45 AM
Kathy Streib

Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Cell: 631-805-4400 great idea. You can learn from the pros!!!

Aug 19, 2025 04:15 PM
Nick Vandekar, 610-203-4543
Realty ONE Group Advocates 484-237-2055 - Downingtown, PA
Selling the Main Line & Chester County

I have so many photos, and so many favourites, they all evoke memories of a moment. 

Aug 19, 2025 06:58 AM
Kathy Streib

Nick Vandekar, 610-203-4543 I'm still trying to weed through mine and digitize certain ones. It's time consuming. 

Aug 19, 2025 04:16 PM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

I should probably take more photos since I carry a camera around with me via my phone, but I always forget to take photos, haha.

Aug 19, 2025 07:41 AM
Kathy Streib

Brian England I'm the one usually taking pictures. A friend, who also took pictures, and I had an agreement when we were at parties. We'd make sure to take a picture of each other so we'd know we were there.

Aug 19, 2025 04:17 PM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Kathy the quality of photos taken on cell phones are amazing.  The only people I see using cameras these days are professional photographers.

Aug 19, 2025 09:41 AM
Kathy Streib

George Souto I agree!!!  When we walked at Green Cay, I did use a camera for many of my photos because I couldn't get that close to the wildlife. But this was 15+ years ago. Cameras in the phones have improved. 

Aug 19, 2025 04:21 PM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Kathy, you may laugh, but have my Nikon on Marketplace.   Just too hard to carry the camera case, along with my carry-on and purse.  Sometimes airlines won't let you anymore.   I took this photo with my phone, and still one of my favs.   It is in Costa Rica at Hanging Bridges.

Aug 19, 2025 10:01 AM
Kathy Streib

Joan Cox that is a stunning photo!!!!!!   I hear you!  It's cumbersome carrying a real camera and case along with everything else!  We still have our "real" camera, though. Seriously...I love your photo.

Aug 19, 2025 04:24 PM
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hello Kathy and I have to say I use my cell phone for taking pictures even with a great nikon camera.  We still use the long lens for pictures in the mountains.

 

Aug 19, 2025 10:47 AM
Kathy Streib

Will Hamm I think there are still times when you need a 'real" camera. 

Aug 19, 2025 04:24 PM
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Retired Broker/Owner - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

I truly have been missing being outside and taking  lots of photos Kathy. I especially enjoy nature photos and I have a ton of them!  Here's my favorite...He was checking out what was for breakfast in our back yard and we just happened to be able to snap a photo on our roof.   He flew away as soon as he say us.   We saved the birds that day!  Check out the size of his talons!!

 

Aug 19, 2025 11:25 AM
Kathy Streib

Anna "Banana" Kruchten Good shot!!!! Here's a coincidence...I came in from outside just 20 minutes ago. I was taking pics of a hawk sitting high on our bat box. He's still there.  He started out on the fence...

Aug 19, 2025 04:28 PM
Anna "Banana" Kruchten

Now that's wild Kathy!  We both have crazy stalkers in our yard stirring up trouble for the birdies.  Great shot!  Wow his talons are huge like the one we have out back.  I haven't seen him lately....but he's around.

Aug 20, 2025 11:14 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Hi Kathy:

Happy World Photography Day to you. We are so fortunate that our camera phones have gotten so much better in terms of quality...plus we generally have them with us for those spontaneous moments.

I enjoy taking photos but am not particularly adept at it but every now and then one of my photos is something that I really like.

I lucked out with this one taken a number of years ago at Terramar Beach in Carlsbad at low tide. This beach holds a special spot in my heart as it's where my younger daughter got married.

Jeff

 

Aug 19, 2025 07:53 PM
Anna "Banana" Kruchten

Gorgeous shots Jeff Dowler, CRS !  Thinking of you and sending lots of good thoughts!!

Aug 20, 2025 11:15 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS

Thanks Anna "Banana" Kruchten  I appreciate the well wishes for Friday. More later!

Jeff

Aug 20, 2025 11:35 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

No surprise to anyone who follows my Wordless Wednesday pics that I enjoy photography. Even before the grandbabies and cellphones I loved taking photos. It was in college that I really developed a love of photography. Rick and I both enjoy capturing interesting pics and had a darkroom for many years, developing our own pics. 

One of my favorite pics from our early years...

Long before AI and all the editing tools available to us today, this was done using camera settings, multiple exposures. We set up the shot and developed the photo and mounted it on cardstock for an assignment in Rick's photography class. Teacher loved it!

 

Aug 20, 2025 08:05 AM
Sharon Tara

Kathy Streib  That pic was the inspiration for the pic I created last year when my Dad died. The pic with Dad was far easier to create now with all the editing tools available.

 

 

Aug 20, 2025 08:12 AM
Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Happy World Photography Day Kathy Streib. Thanks for reminder and to celebrate capturing the moment to relive the event over and over. Because as Kodak ads used to remind "Time goes by". 

Like your Dad, developed images taken with tri-x B&W film, using various lens, camera settings and printed on different kinds of photo stock.

Kids of my four kids, the half dozen grand children are my favorite but travel, nature, local properties are all fun to photo shoot buy capturing people... like at the Louvre tells a story. See how excited to be close but not too close to Mona Lisa?

mona lisa photography

Aug 25, 2025 03:33 PM