What’s on your essential holiday item checklist? Sunglasses, a good book, sun cream, your favourite summery outfits? And, of course, a camera to capture every memorable moment. (Featured image Creap)
According to research, the average British holidaymaker will take a whopping 300 snaps while they’re away.
But what do we do with them once we’re home? Leave them to fester in our digital camera, never to see the light of day again.
In years gone by, before everyone had a digital camera, our limited number of holiday photos would be printed out and cherished for years in a photo album or picture frame.
We may be able to take more photos these days, but just 3 per cent of us actually print any of them out to enjoy.
Research by tour operator Sunshine.co.uk found that 97 per cent of us would never print any of our photos, preferring instead to leave them in the digital world.
While most will just sit on a digital camera or computer, around one in ten of the holiday photos we take will go to social networking sites.
Facebook is the most popular way to show off our photography skills, with 82 per cent of those willing to share holiday snaps uploading them to the popular social network.
“It’s such a shame that more people don’t print their holiday photos, either for frames and albums around the house or to put on canvases on the wall,” he said.
“Too often now, photos end up stuck on computers or social media profiles and that’s the only place they exist – people really should make more of an effort to print images and enjoy them.”
It’s easy to forget you’ve even been on holiday after a few days back at work. So, instead of taking 300 photos of plates of food and your tanned legs on a Spanish beach, take 50 good photos and print them out for all to see!
