The Mirror on the Wall Have you ever noticed how a child pauses in front of a framed photo of themselves?They look, they smile, sometimes they point. It’s just instinct for them maybe but the reality is that they’re seeing themselves as part of something larger. A powerful sign of how family photos and self-esteem...
I just had to sit down and share something that’s not just close to my heart but is also incredibly important, why printing photos still matters in our digital age. We live in a time where the average day sees hundreds of millions of images uploaded across the world. We snap, swipe, and scroll through...
If you’ve read my other blog posts about preserving family memories and the importance of printing your photographs, this one goes a step further. Here, I explore why printed photos aren’t just nice to have, they’re essential. In a world overflowing with digital files, what truly lasts is what we can hold in our hands,...
Every day, millions of photos are shared online, Facebook alone sees over 350 million uploads daily. Instagram is getting out of control with an average of 60 million, then there is Pinterest, Google +, Twitter and more. Social media makes it easy to keep in touch, especially when, like me, you live far from family....
[…] That’s why preserving family memories means going beyond digital. […]
[…] my phone and delete some, maybe duplicates, photos that I downloaded already . . . if I see an image that really matters to me I get it printed though! Do you know why? Because I know I won’t see it otherwise. Those photos downloaded on the […]
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[…] The same is true for adults. When we’re regularly present in family photographs, we’re given visual evidence of our role, our importance, our irreplaceable place in the lives of those we love. A comprehensive study involving nearly 16,000 families found that parents reported their children experienced increased self-esteem and a stronger sense of identity from looking at printed photos. […]