Digital files have taken a big chunk of business from the photo printing industry. There used to be a time when people file photos in albums. Now, we just upload them in our social media accounts such as Facebook which serve as our online diary that we can conveniently share with friends and loved ones.
This brings us to the question if printed photographs still serve any purpose in our lives.
Perhaps the best way to answer this question is to ask what photos are for.
Photographs are portions of our lives that we want to document for future reference or something that we can share with our loved ones.
When we post photos in our Facebook account, we are definitely sharing them to our friends and loved ones but is anyone in the habit of going back to what they’ve posted to review the most significant moments of their lives?
In this sense, printed photos still have value. Here are some of the things you can do with printed photos that you cannot do while they are still in their digital form.
Wallet Photo
Almost everyone still has a photo of their partner or their entire family in their wallets.
Most wallets only contain one slot for a wallet-sized photo. Since there is only one slot for one photo, this space is very important. If your photo happens to land on this spot then, you are it. You are that most significant person in this wallet owner’s life.
Your Facebook account contains thousands of photos and no one can tell which ones are important. In most cases, you can just fire away and include everything there.
Family Albums
Every house still has a collection of family albums. It may not be an album for a certain occasion as these sort of photos can just be uploaded for all guests to see as they are tagged. Nothing beats that convenience.
Family albums will contain a collection of a person’s photo from the time he was born up to the current. It is sort of like a collection of a person’s moments in history where you can recall how he was and how his physical changes happened.
By looking at his still photos, you will be able to cherish him as a person long after he has gone and in a way, share his life’s story with other people.
Picture Frame Displays
Every house has a picture table where every significant family member will have a photo as a means by which to tell everyone that the person is included in the household whether in the past or the present.
The collection of photos set and may even be framed to the walls is an open declaration as to who owns the house for every guest to see.
The digital age has given us the financial liberty to fire away and take as many still shots as we want. While we can upload everything on the web for free. The most cherished shots of our life are still printed in print shops like Target Photo so they can be set and placed in the most regarded spots in our life.
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