Browsing the Archives

It's no big secret that I'm a real pack rat.  In fact, I currently have 20+ boxes cluttering my living room just waiting for me to sort through them.  When it comes to photos, I'm pretty much the same way; I delete far too few, and I'm always scrounging around for enough space on my hard drive(s) to store everything.  Every now and then, however, I do like to browse through my archives, and sometimes I'll stumble upon a photo that I had totally forgotten about.  When that happens, it's like finding a misplaced treasure.

Since today is Father's Day, this photo above taken on our family vacation last year was the perfect find.

Today, try looking for your own hidden treasures buried in your archives, and don't forget to share your findings with us.  And if you have a special photo of a dad you'd like to honor today, please share those with us as well!

Comments

[djbeat]

i have only recently started uploading photos to flickr - so by rights practically everything i have is archive (according to my husband & everyone else who knows me - i am a pack rat too - though obsessive about sorting photos)...

in honour of father`s day - here are a couple:

this is not a great shot - but a great memory: on this exact week last year we went on holiday to oregon - it was our BABYMOON (the last holiday you get before your first child)... i was almost 8months pregnant - my hub & dog are still carefree: http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbeat/3076857746/ this is especially sweet now as we prepare to leave for california with bb boy on tuesday...

i made a BLURB book for my bb daddy for his first father`s day - it is all photos of just bb boy & bb daddy (i love it & them both). this is one of my most treasured (yet imperfect) photos & moments...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbeat/3645614559/

http://365daysofdifferent.blogspot.com/

[kosenrufu mama]

some months ago, my two loved men, talking each other, I love this picture
http://esterdaphne.blogspot.com/2009/04/lunga-assenza-grande-liberazione.html

[mrs. e]

"My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man." A current photo of my 80 year old Dad. I love that face!

http://erickfam.blogspot.com/2009/06/happy-fathers-day.html

[BlessedMess]

Thank you for sending me back through by archives. I've always loved this photo...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12418609@N00/3646930670/

[georgia]

happy father's day.

i did not take these photos of my dad. but i thought i would still share them.
http://jorjah-b.blogspot.com/2009/06/jorjah-share_20.html
http://jorjah-b.blogspot.com/2009/06/jorjah-share_20.html

i did not get into photography until after my dad died, so i don' t have any pictures i can share that i took of him. i wish i did.

[beth]

it's not a photo I took, but it's in my archives from when we scanned all the really old family photos to our digital libraries...and with today being father's day, here's my dad, in his early 20's looking oh so handsome and already a father....


http://www.flickr.com/photos/29291473@N04/3646481233/

[Marcene]

This was from last fall when we took a walk in the canyon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21008348@N03/3647336454/
Happy Father's Day!

[Karen MEG]

Gorgeous shot!!!

I just did a photo meme and found an older shot, rather fuzzy, but perfect for Father's Day!

[Paige]

Such a cool shot Sarah! I'm assuming you used a fill flash to get this look? It gives it a very different look.

[Margaret]

This is my favorite picture of me and my dad!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maknj/3646742287/

[Liz]

very fun to go back and look at some of my older photos! this was taken with my first digital, before i understood macro, or any of that. and for all that, turned out well.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilybeth29/528476425/in/set-72157594587517465/

and here's an older one of my daddy :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilybeth29/982204240/

[darrah]

Here's a story about a hidden treasure I've been carrying with me for many years and the three little words my father said to me that gave it so much meaning.

http://artcetera.squarespace.com/artcetera/2009/6/21/this-is-yours.html

[Puna]

To the three men who I admire greatly. All archived photos.

http://lifesignatures.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/love-in-the-final-round-fathers-day-2009/

[Vanessa]

an archive shot of my boys' Daddy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanessa_r/2881495825/in/set-72157607454214429/
happy father's day to all the other Dads out there too!

[Bridge]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ridethewavesoflife/2286843255/in/set-72157610942416242/
http://ridethewavesoflife.blogspot.com/

[spread your wings]

DAD - the man i admire in so many ways i can't begin to express. here is an archived photo i found not too long ago.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/autumnsun/3649463140/in/set-72157620154567732/

[Sue Henry]

http://suehenryphotography.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day-daddy/

[Leslie]

I'm a day late, but I finally finished the post I started yesterday morning after I read this post. I feel you on needing to thin out the archives to recover memory - I'm fighting that right now. So I had plenty of buried treasure that had recently been dug up to share.

http://nature-mama-and-the-threeshiningstars.blogspot.com/2009/06/yesterday-okay-it-used-to-say-today-but.html