What's this, "Living Forever Through Photography" thing?  It's a theory Elvis has which states that by regularily taking meaningful pictures you can live forever through those pictures.  Forever?  Yes.  Think about it; family snapshots are often considered heirlooms.  Really good pictures of people can be treasured for generations.

Take the photo above, for example.  The three are sisters and they wanted a nice print to give their mom as a Mother's Day gift.  Mom will treasure it, they sisters will, as will other family members.  Then kids, grandkids, great-grandkids - you get the idea.  That photograph or a copy of it could be in an album or in a frame 500 years from now.  Why not?  It's a meaningful photo as it shows them as they are at this point in time.  Five years on it will be an intersting look back.  In 20 it'll be nostalgic.  In 50, 100, 300, who knows.  It may even have some historical significance at some future point in time.

The point is, good pictures of people have lasting value.

Elvis enjoys taking landscape and flower/tree/rock/waterfall pictures too.  But in 50 years will anybody care about those pictures?  Not likely.  And unless you're Ansel Adams no one is likely to care about your landscape shots in 50 years either.  Which isn't to say you shouldn't do it, just don't do it to live forever.

Do you think anyone will care about the picture of those 3 girls in 50 years?  Absolutely.  And that's how you can live forever through your photography.

This picture illustrates the importance of always having a camera close at hand.  The odds of getting home, grabbing the camera and going back just to take a picture are very low.  Once home I'd rather slump into my favorite chair.

We can all recall a wonderful scene or terrific photo-op lost because we didn't have a camera.  I'm working hard to change that by grabbing the Nikon before leaving the house, even for short trips to the store.  You never know.