The Aeolist's Photos

Note: The word "aeolist" does not refer to me, as I am rather adept at adoxography. If you don't understand what these words mean, then I raise my dactylion at you. That was a charientism. Now I want to hear none of your exsibilation. I also want no floccinaucinihilipilification here, as it is not relevant in regard to this post. Now, I apologize for being a hippopotomonstrosesquipadlian. Go read my post (I'll keep it free of sesquipadalians).

Who takes most of the photos in your family?
I take most of the photos in my family, as my entire family seem to agree on one thing: that I have the best camera in the family. My phone is a Lumia 830 with a 10 megapixel PureView camera with Carl Zeiss optics, a f/2.0 aperture, and fourth generation OIS (optical image stabilization).  It also has a dedicated two-stage camera shutter and Lumia exclusive features such as access to Lumia Camera 5, Rich Capture, Dynamic Flash, and a new generation of Living Images. Lumia Camera 5 offers full manual controls (something that only a few other phones have started offering--while Lumias have had the feature for years now)advanced image algorithms, and an intiuitive, simple design and interface. The latest generation offers faster focusing, faster shot-to-shot speeds, better post-image processing, and new features over the last generation. Rich Capture is an advanced HDR (high dynamic range) that allows you to edit the lighting and exposure of the picture after the shot has been taken, a feature only found on PureView Lumias. Dynamic Flash is similar to Rich Capture which allows you to edit the flash and lighting of a photo after you've taken the picture (again exclusive to PureView Lumias). Living Images is a more refined, better executed version of Apple's Live Photos on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, as it's existed for two years longer than Live Photos. Although my phone isn't the best performing camera phone out there, or even the best Lumia device, it's still quick and takes fantastic pictures with accurate, vivid colors and saturation and a good amount of detail. It easily surpasses the Moto X(2014), Samsung Galaxy S5, and the last-generation iPhone 6 (the phones present in my house). Modern phones like the Samsung Galaxy S6 (16 megapixel, OIS, f/1.9 aperture), LG V10 (16 megapixel, OIS, f/1.8 aperture), Apple iPhone 6s (12 megapixels, f/2.2 aperture), Microsoft Lumia 950 (20 megapixel, OIS, f/1.9 aperture, triple-LED RGB flash), and Microsoft Lumia 950 XL (same as Lumia 950) do surpass my phone in many ways, but since my phone costs half the price of a new Samsung Galaxy S6 or LG V10 (and two thirds of the price of a Microsoft Lumia 950), it's a great value. The picture above is of a limited edition Lumia 830 with a gold plated frame.

Who is missing in most of your photos? The photographer? Someone else?
As I am usually the photographer, I am usually missing from the photos. I also do not enjoy taking pictures of myself or being present in other people's pictures. Nor do I enjoy taking pictures of myself using my phones front facing camera. Ironically, while the rear-facing camera is exception for the price of the phone, the front-facing camera is only sub-par and possibly slightly below average (being 0.9 megapixels versus 1.2 megapixels on the iPhone 6, or even 5 megapixels on the iPhone 6s, Samsung Galaxy S6, or Microsoft Lumia 950).

How are the photos in your family organized, archived, or displayed?
Some of the photos are in photo albums, on my mother's computer or Dropbox, or on my phone and my OneDrive. I organize my photos in my OneDrive.

Are photos important to you?
I enjoy taking photos, and I believe they're important to capturing memories and moments that we'd like to remember for longer and with sharper detail. They may not be the most important thing to me, especially since they're backed up so thoroughly, so I have no fear of losing them, but I do enjoy them.

One of my family's weirdest or funniest photos is of...
I'm not sure. I have a really funny picture I took of my mother when she seriously wasn't expecting it. I show that to everyone. But none come to mind. Honestly, humor works better in a story. A memory. At least, in my head, the photos I remember the most are beautiful and filled with emotion.

I wish I had a picture of...
I wish I could've used my camera to take pictures of my baby brother. He passed away when he was three months old, back when cameras really weren't very good (and smartphones was just an idea in movies). I'd like to have more of everything of him, but I was still too young to fully understand what was happening at the time.