照片

照片，对你的意义是什么？

很久以前，一位朋友的家人过世了，他看着照片说“因为家人不喜欢拍照，所以【全家福】就那么几张”。

当时，我的脑海里——无论是全家福还是旅游照，对在世的人是回忆——情景；但是往生后，对在世的人却是回忆——人物。

所以，自己回家后，看看再想想，有的都是旅游照或者手机拍摄的【全家福】。当时就决定带家人一起去拍张【全家福】。

很久以前，出席一些丧礼结缘时，看到照片是很久以前拍的或者是手机拍摄的，简称——大头照。对往生者来说，没有分别；但是，对在世的人来说，是回忆。

我所提到的“回忆”，并不是说心情上的感伤，而意思是指可以给自己的后代看，照片里的这些人是谁，长什么样子。

我也不是说“手机拍摄”有什么问题，因科技的方便，让现代的人可以有很多回忆和分享给身边的人看。但是，也因科技的方便，却忘记了以前年代的人对照片的概念。

照片，也是让大家有沟通或者破冰的机会，因为想拍一张照片，需要的就是沟通。简单的沟通，可以是“我们来拍张照片”，接着就有延续的话题。

拍照——沟通的桥梁之一。

照片——回忆的方法之一。

Photo, what it mean to you?

Long time ago, my friend family member pass away, he look at the photo and say : "Family portrait just few only, because they don't like to take photo."

At the same time, my mind is thinking either travel photo or family portrait by smartphone, it's a memory to us - happiness of the moment. But, once family member is pass away, it's a memory to us too - people in the photo.

Then, I went back home and think. There are few travel photo and family portrait that capture by smartphone. At the moment, I decided to bring my family members to take a family portrait at studio.

Long time ago, attend to few funeral function, saw the picture is long time ago or either capture by phone. It's does not make a different to the person that pass away, but it's a memory for members that still here.

Memory that I have mentioned above, it does not mean on sadness emotion, but it's a memory to show to our next generation, people in the photo is who and how it's look.

I did not mean any problem if capture using smartphone, we can snap photo anytime, anywhere and sharing with the technology. But, we have forget why old generation is taking photo.

Photo, is a way for us to communicate and ice-breaking. If you want to take a photo, you need to communicate with people, at least "may we take a photo" or "may you help me to take a photo?". Then, there is a topic to continue for conversation.

Photography - a way to communicate.

Photo - a way of keep the memory.