 The Importance of Prints Last year at the end of a photography seminar I attended, another photographer friend made the comment... "Printing pictures is becoming a thing of the past." If you don't believe that, talk to a teenager. They store all of their photos on digital devices and care very little about prints.  I thought about this for a while, it bothered me because I knew this was some what true. Very few prints are made compared to the number of digital files many of us have on computers and other devices.
What if right now all my photos had been stored on 5.25" floppy disks, which was all the rage in the 1990's not even 20 years ago. I know that there are still 5.25" floppy disks and readers out there because I researched it for this blog, but I also know they are considered obsolete. I do have a large collection of printed pictures, old ones of aunts and uncles, myself with my brothers and sisters growing up, my children, places I have been, etc. (this is a photo of my son Ryan with my Dad).  The tin-type in the title above is of my great grandfather from the 1800's which I value deeply. I have many of my prints backed up on negatives, CDs & several external hard drives. I don't actually have any on floppy disks.   I have decided to print more of my personal work. I want my grand kids to be able to see them easily in 20 years. I have my digital files, but I want some prints of my photo history that can be seen for sure with out having to worry about if a device will work or did I leave my computers password handy so in 20 years my relatives will be able to look at my old photos too! |
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