Your photos don’t develop until the next morning, so you’re forced to live in the moment — snap and forget. There’s no pressure to get the perfect shot. It’s a focus on authenticity over appearance.

Digital photo collections have enormous value as your personal shoeboxes, and once you’ve taken at least a photo a day for a few years its surprisingly rewarding to look back on even recent history. I have found that just casually looking back helps me recall large amounts from those years. It also helps one notice what’s important. Once you have

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The suggestion is that taking a picture, especially when done thoughtfully, can enhance your experience by making you pause and reflect on the significance of what you are witnessing. In other words, the act of photography actually promotes ‘mindfulness’, as it prompts you to examine and appreciate the world in greater detail.