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Funny, for the last week I've been trying various self hosted photo apps every night on my home server. Tonight was going to be Photoprism and then I see it pop

Funny, for the last week I've been trying various self hosted photo apps every night on my home server. Tonight was going to be Photoprism and then I see it pop up here! I've just wanted something that allows me to organize and tag photos, but that also has some sort of API or easy access to the database. I've been looking for something because I realized it'd be nice to see photos on a regular basis in my house: I want to set up a photo frame to display random photos from my family collection that have a particular tag. Otherwise I feel like I'm not going back and appreciating them enough, just taking pictures that are never seen again. Though photo app "memories" address that. I really like Photostructure's approach of always displaying a random sampling of photos when you're at higher organizational levels, that's a fun way to see different stuff.

pheeney 4y ago
My wife and I live states away from our respective families and once our first was born we started a self-hosted wordpress blog. Photoprism has been amazing to create albums that I later edit and document on a personal blog that the long distance families can access. We found it enjoyable to put together a post each month with some of our favorite photos and memories. Everyone else seems to love it as well. We are now working on putting together some posts on past vacations and other moments we want to remember. The combination of photoprism for viewing and wordpress for storytelling has been a perfect combination for us.
BLKNSLVR 4y ago
My daughter, bless her, occasionally likes going through our old home videos which are accessible via Kodi on the TV in the main living space (easily accessible). I rarely actively go looking through old photos and videos, but when my daughter starts them up, everyone migrates into the room to watch them. I've had a damn good life, and my kids have had a damn good childhood and my wife and I have done a damn good job of parenting. It's so nice, and incongruent with 'the daily news cycle', to be reminded of these beautiful things, and it's also a reminder to continue the effort, because it really is so worthwhile. When I'm too old to do much else, I want to retire into my past.
- mceachen 4y ago
  That's wonderful to hear! I actually had to stop using my own library to develop PhotoStructure, because I'd lose an hour or two just hopping through different memories. I think reminiscing and story telling is the real value proposition here. If the people in the photo aren't around to tell why a given video or photo or event is relevant, the context is lost, and the relevance of the photo, video, memory, or event is lost as well. I think printed books with longer descriptions about any given photo or event can help retain relevance. I haven't really seen a DAM or image manager address this issue directly though.
- jmathai 4y ago
  > When I'm too old to do much else, I want to retire into my past. I’ve never heard it stated quite like that.
  - BLKNSLVR 4y ago
    How about this: My childhood was for my parents. My children's childhoods were for me and my wife. I don't have much of a personal recollection of my own childhood outside of photos and home videos. I know I had a happy, healthy childhood, but I don't recall specific moments of joy, at least not in the way I can recall and literally re-feel moments of joy captured in photos or videos of my children living through their childhoods. I lived through their childhood as an adult, so I'll remember it, and be able to recall the joys and disappointments and fun. The same must be true for how my parents experienced and can recall my childhood. Your childhood is for your parents.
    - jmathai 4y ago
      That's probably true and apparent in the midst of parenting. We say kids don't know how great they have it - and it's true. But we adults do and we should bask in it as much as possible. I'm a nostalgic and expect to become even moreso as I age.
      - stef25 4y ago
quaffapint 4y ago
We have a computer in the kitchen with the simple default photos screensaver pointing to our years of pictures constantly updating. It's really fun to just see random photos of things you've forgotten about. We've all pulled each other to the kitchen to check out a photo or two.

pheeney 4y ago

My wife and I live states away from our respective families and once our first was born we started a self-hosted wordpress blog. Photoprism has been amazing to create albums that I later edit and document on a personal blog that the long distance families can access. We found it enjoyable to put together a post each month with some of our favorite photos and memories. Everyone else seems to love it as well. We are now working on putting together some posts on past vacations and other moments we want to remember. The combination of photoprism for viewing and wordpress for storytelling has been a perfect combination for us.

BLKNSLVR 4y ago

My daughter, bless her, occasionally likes going through our old home videos which are accessible via Kodi on the TV in the main living space (easily accessible). I rarely actively go looking through old photos and videos, but when my daughter starts them up, everyone migrates into the room to watch them. I've had a damn good life, and my kids have had a damn good childhood and my wife and I have done a damn good job of parenting. It's so nice, and incongruent with 'the daily news cycle', to be reminded of these beautiful things, and it's also a reminder to continue the effort, because it really is so worthwhile. When I'm too old to do much else, I want to retire into my past.

mceachen 4y ago
That's wonderful to hear! I actually had to stop using my own library to develop PhotoStructure, because I'd lose an hour or two just hopping through different memories. I think reminiscing and story telling is the real value proposition here. If the people in the photo aren't around to tell why a given video or photo or event is relevant, the context is lost, and the relevance of the photo, video, memory, or event is lost as well. I think printed books with longer descriptions about any given photo or event can help retain relevance. I haven't really seen a DAM or image manager address this issue directly though.
jmathai 4y ago
> When I'm too old to do much else, I want to retire into my past. I’ve never heard it stated quite like that.
- BLKNSLVR 4y ago
  How about this: My childhood was for my parents. My children's childhoods were for me and my wife. I don't have much of a personal recollection of my own childhood outside of photos and home videos. I know I had a happy, healthy childhood, but I don't recall specific moments of joy, at least not in the way I can recall and literally re-feel moments of joy captured in photos or videos of my children living through their childhoods. I lived through their childhood as an adult, so I'll remember it, and be able to recall the joys and disappointments and fun. The same must be true for how my parents experienced and can recall my childhood. Your childhood is for your parents.
  - jmathai 4y ago
    That's probably true and apparent in the midst of parenting. We say kids don't know how great they have it - and it's true. But we adults do and we should bask in it as much as possible. I'm a nostalgic and expect to become even moreso as I age.
    - stef25 4y ago

quaffapint 4y ago

We have a computer in the kitchen with the simple default photos screensaver pointing to our years of pictures constantly updating. It's really fun to just see random photos of things you've forgotten about. We've all pulled each other to the kitchen to check out a photo or two.