You all have heard me (Michele) harping many times over the importance of PRINTING your photos as you will almost for certain have the technology to view a printed photo (your eyes and hands). Technology changes so fast now, that who knows what will be available 5 years from now and if you will be able to get into your computer to view the photos and memories you have stored there. You don't get warm and fuzzy feelings looking at a computer screen, nor do you usually invite guests to come and view your computer screen, so your photos sit their lonely and unloved. So please remember to print some of your photos. Notice I said SOME, not all. Most people take way too many digital photos now compared to the film days. You don't need to print every one, just take some of the best and PRINT THEM. (You can do that at our instore kiosks, online at www.photoexpressions.fotodepot.ca and from your idevices with our free PE Photos app )
I thought it would be a good idea to give you another voice on this topic also. Cristina had to write a persuasive article for a class she is taking and she chose photos as she has seen first hand in the store what happens when someone loses all their photos (we want to cry with the customer when they come in with this story). Here is her very well written article:
I have seen the look of devastation in people’s faces when they realize the digitalized photos of their loved ones are gone forever, the candid shots that jog your memory of precious moments not available anymore. It bewilders me that only at that point do people realize the value of a printed image.
It seems that in the rush to take more and better photos to post on facebook and email to friends, the important part of printing the memory has been deemed ‘not important’. The line “Jpeg kid” is a common joke because there are so few prints of the child, all the images are stored in the computer, forgotten about as soon as the next 100 pictures are taken and uploaded.
However, when people are running from a burning building the first possession they worry about is their photos. When cleaning a deceased ones room, the first thing people gravitate to is their photos and the stories they tell. To take an album and sit down with it is often a bonding experience, either with the people looking at it with you, or with the person in the photos. It’s a reflective activity that I believe makes us better listeners, more introspective, and more appreciative of the lives we live and have lived.
Huddling in front of a bright screen on a slideshow simply does not induce the same experience. I urge you to go through your photos and print them.
If not for your own delightful trip down memory lane, then perhaps for the utter joy you will give a friend or grandparent, when you gift them with a small scrapbook of memories and photos of loved ones. I promise, those little albums are worth more than gold, at times when you least expect.
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