Digital Media Photographs vs Print Photographs|Boston Area Photographer

OH, HOW I LOVE TO TOUCH PHOTOGRAPHS!

This morning while I was at a hair salon, I ran into a long time friend who was showing off photograhs of her daughter's recent graduation.  She acutually had real paper photographs that I could hold and admire.  I was thrilled!!!  I did not have to look at a smudgy dirty screen and scroll back and forth to view the event.  How easy it was to share the images with other women in the salon and not have to pass a phone or camera around.  We were all handling the photographs passing them aound and commenting on the fun and festivity of the occasion.   I felt that I was thrown back into an era of familiarity and joy.  My love of photography has always provided me with images printed on photographic paper to enjoy and recall the memorable events in my life.  Photographic albums and scrapbooking has always been a secure home for my memories.  Easy to locate and access anytime I needed a stroll down memory lane. 

It is different today.  Digital technology has taken over our lives and has changed the way we protect and value our preceious mermories. Most of the time we feel safe keeping them on our gadget in the hope that someday we will find the time to download, archive and print.  But to often that day does not come and the memories are lost due to technical malfunctions.

It is sad to think that some children, when they get older will not be able to bring out the family albums or even the shoe box of images collected over the years and have that "feel good" trip down memory lane.

Technology can be good as long as we respect it for what it is and condition our thinking that the medium is only temporary and we must put effort into archiving our precious memories.  Professional Photographers are trained and respected for preserving memories in an archival format and when clients inquire about purchasing a digital output rather than portraits that they can hold, display and archive it is our professional duty to educate them to the importance of tangible memories that can be passed down or just brought out for a trip down memory lane.