Like a lot of people - I think - I take pics with my phone cam of things that at that moment seem worthwhile, but then get deleted at some point later on ...
Our travel pics for the most part have been printed and put in photo albums which we will look at with people who traveled with us ...

I'm with Tony and it's not because he lives in Rhode Island either. I'm an Apple Fan Boy but I would not spend $1000 on any iphone ever.

Yes that's 5 iPhone 11's or a Genos lol

All my pics since 2000 (the start of my digital life) are stored and cataloged by date in five different places and two cloud sites including Google cloud. This includes my videos and pre-2000 pics that I have digitized. About 65-70g of storage. I can bring any of them up on computer, tablet, phone, and most of my 'smart' tv's instantly. I value them, as they chronicle a large and significant part of my life and that of my family. As our memories start to fade, it's nice to have something to jog them a bit. So I guess I have a hard time understanding comments like "What do you all do with all these pictures....and who looks at them?". The answer is, I DO...and my friends do, especially old friends who visit from time to time...it's one of our favorite means of reminiscing.

chas

+1
Except, I'm not quite THAT organized ...

Hi ,
My son gets some fantastic photos with his Samsung phone, no idea what model he has as his latest, forever upgrading them.

He travels all over the world taking happy snaps and blogging.

https://endlessroaming.com/2019/12/14/glacier-national-park-montana-usa/

Very impressive, and I bet much more fun than the IT industry.

Hi Bernie,
sad part for him is, he actually has to work now and again to pay for his endless vacations . Haha.

Rikki, Nice photos and nice he can roam the globe!

Steve, Tony, and any other serious photographers; any of you use action cams (ie. GoPro, etc.) and if so, how and when. I just bought a GoPro Hero 8 Black and now that I'm no longer very active, I'm looking for creative ways to justify this nearly $500.00 (with a few accessories) purchase. I have two previous models as well as a couple of Chinese knock-offs (AEE S71T Plus, etc.) but that was when I had motorcycles, motorhomes, and airplanes. Now, I'm just a doddering ol' fart who doesn't know when to stop buying action cameras .

The Hero 8 takes decent conventional photos/videos but doesn't compete with standard mid-grade consumer quality camcorders except for (you guessed it) action shots. Where the Hero 8 excels is it's incredible built-in stabilization (and of couse, ruggedness). You literally don't need a gimbal 95% of the time (not sure if that's worth $500 though ). Thought you guys might have some ideas that didn't involve me taking up surfing or mountain biking at this stage of my life .

chas