I love looking through my Mom’s collection of photo albums. It’s like time travel. I enjoy listening to my parents stories of different events. My Mom was our photographer when I was a little girl. I’m so grateful she took the time and energy to break out her camera, capture our childhood and print them out and store them in albums. It was a process back then.
Today’s printing process…slim to none. It’s all on the internet, in a cloud or in some sort of device. I believe all those methods make great BACK UP storage. The real proof is in the pudding…printed goodies. Albums, wall art, framed art, and prints. We didn’t have much back then but my Mom knew the value of existing in photos. Because she doesn’t have any photos of her as a young girl nor my Dad.
Your memories deserve to be felt over and over again and not live somewhere in cyberspace. Lost and forgotten. What if Mom decided to use 70s technology to store her photos. Eek! Talk about subject to technological changes. Imagine your children coming to you in 20 years wanting to see your photos and you hand them a USB thumb drive? Bubble thought would be…WTH?! They wouldn’t have the ability to access the technology.
I hope you are understanding the importance of a photographer offering albums and wall art. As an artist the final product is something that can be touched and felt and can be passed down to your children and theirs.
That is something technology can’t take away from us and it means the world to me to be able to preserve your memories in this way.