As I type, I’m avoiding the other window I have open that shows a brand new Lightroom catalog filled with almost 6,000 photos. They’re the photos from my phone. I spent a good chunk of time yesterday figuring out how to copy them from my Google Pixel onto a portable hard drive and then waiting while they uploaded into Lightroom. Now is the hard part. I have to sift through them. With my big camera, I usually upload and cull photos right away. And I’m usually a little more picky about how often I click the shutter button. With my phone, I’m a happy snapper – I snap photos all the time – maybe just to remember a color or the price of an item when I’m comparison shopping. I even snap photos of my parking spot so I don’t forget where I parked my car at the mall.
My photos span several years, showing what life was like in the same spots from one to the next. I notice how I’m drawn to the same views year after year.
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos.jpg?resize=970%2C728&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-6-1.jpg?resize=970%2C728&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-7-1.jpg?resize=970%2C728&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-11-1.jpg?resize=970%2C728&ssl=1)
I find images that I love that I have forgotten about:
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-6.jpg?resize=576%2C432&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-3.jpg?resize=970%2C728&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-8-1.jpg?resize=923%2C1230&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-9.jpg?resize=970%2C728&ssl=1)
And watching the seasons change as I scroll through the catalog:
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-13.jpg?resize=923%2C1230&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-5.jpg?resize=923%2C1230&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-7.jpg?resize=970%2C728&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-12.jpg?resize=970%2C728&ssl=1)
I even find remnants of project ideas that I’ve either put off or abandoned:
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-8.jpg?resize=923%2C1230&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-4.jpg?resize=923%2C1230&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-1.jpg?resize=923%2C1230&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-4-1.jpg?resize=923%2C1230&ssl=1)
But mainly, I love finding these hidden gems that remind me of good times with friends and family:
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-10.jpg?resize=923%2C1230&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-5-1.jpg?resize=923%2C1230&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-2-1.jpg?resize=923%2C1230&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-9-1.jpg?resize=923%2C1230&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-10-1.jpg?resize=923%2C1230&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/viewfinders.io/wp-content/uploads/Phone-Photos-14.jpg?resize=970%2C728&ssl=1)
What photos have gotten lost in your phone? Finding my lost loves – Angie
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Just look at all of that good stuff waiting to be seen (and sorted through) again!
Love all those grins!