Will Your Grandchildren Know the Story of Your Life?
Do you exist in photographs? Not selfies, photographs that your children and grandchildren will be holding 20, 30, 50 years from now? Something they can feel and touch and cherish that shares with them your life story?
This is the most photographed generation ever, more photos have been taken in the last 5 years than ever before, but only about 3% of these photos are ever printed.
The other 97% of our photos exist only on our phones, discs or thumb drives and many will not last more than a year. They are deleted, lost, on a PC that crashed or on media we can no longer access. We all want to capture every moment of our successes and our children’s growth. You see it every day on Facebook and Instagram. Billions of people post every day on social media; images of themselves getting their diplomas, their child losing their first tooth or taking their first step. Images of their parents celebrating their 50th anniversary or holding their hand as they lay in bed at the end of their life… images that make us smile, laugh, and even cry. But these amazing moments never get printed!
When your grandchild asks you to see the picture of their mom when she was their age will you be able to show them?
With ever changing technology the likelihood that you will be able to put in that CD or thumb drive 25 years from now to show them is slim. Will you even know where it is after all those years?
There is nothing wrong with having images on your phone and PC but don’t stop there!
As technology continues to change quickly, we run the risk of losing our recorded past to changing needs. Have you ever held an old family album and looked at pictures of your parents or even grandparents when they were young? Did you smile and laugh at the clothes, hairstyles and silly poses? I have and it I something I treasure greatly. I no longer have my grandparents or my mother, but I do have pictures of them I can hold in my hands and relive the memories.
Our grandchildren deserve the same chance to know their family history, the weddings, the births, the graduations and the silly moments captured in time.
No matter how your pictures were taken, print them, hold them and save them for generations to come. Will your grandchildren know the story of your life? You can make that answer yes!
If you want to create images that will be yours to love and pass on to the next generation, call me today to meet, have coffee and plan a day you will always remember.
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