I stumbled across this article this week, and it was so well written, I had to share. I can 100% relate to this issue {more on that after my trip to Paris} of digital files, and what to do with them.<\/p>\n

You can find the original article {as well as fabulous wedding info here<\/a>}. Ok, I also know its Friday, but we are close enough, right? Enjoy\u2026<\/p>\n

The Case against Good Enoug<\/span>h<\/em><\/p>\n

My parents have exactly 18 professional images from their wedding. Eighteen. I know them inside and out. I could describe each image to you so well that a sketch artist would be able to recreate them.<\/em><\/p>\n

How do I know them so well? Because I\u2019ve looked at them hundreds of times. I\u2019ve looked at them hundreds of times because they were on display, in an album. An album that was made by a professional, filled with prints made through a professional lab and bound in a book available only to professionals. From the time I was a little girl I was fascinated by it \u2014 seeing my parents so young, my grandparents and aunts and uncles surrounding them. It was a simple leather book, with the images slipped in and preserved behind plastic but it held up surprisingly well over time. Even though I looked at it more times than I could count. Even though this May those images will turn 42 years old.<\/em><\/p>\n

But what about couples that marry today? What if they decide to forgo an album? What if they decide it\u2019s not worth the cost? How many images do you really think they\u2019ll put into frames? Five? Ten? Maybe that first year married, they\u2019ll have a bunch. But then, kids comes along. Baby pictures replace wedding pictures in those frames. They move, things change. In 40 years, how many pictures do you think their children will know by heart? How many pictures will they have even seen?<\/em><\/p>\n

Today, a lot of couples think just getting the disc of images is \u201cgood enough.\u201d<\/a> Here\u2019s the problem with that thinking: it\u2019s not true. Not by a long shot.<\/em><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, I think that getting the files from your day is great. Today\u2019s couples probably get up to 1,000 images from their wedding, WAY more images than my parents did. After all, what happened to all those other images from my parents\u2019 wedding day? They probably sat, negatives in a box, at their photographer\u2019s studio never again to see the light of day. So I think it\u2019s wonderful that couples get ALL their photos. But what worries me is that even with that option, it won\u2019t mean that today\u2019s couples will necessarily be better off. My fear is that today\u2019s couples will actually end up with LESS than what my parent\u2019s got in 1971.<\/em><\/p>\n

Think about it, will the computers of 2055 even have DVD drives? USB ports? Will they even have hard drives at all? If the past is any indication, the answer is no. You know what the big technological advancement was when my parents got married? Eight-track players. What if their images were stored on the equivalent of that? How in the world would I see those images today?<\/em><\/p>\n

But you know what never becomes obsolete? What never goes out of style? Photographs. And not just any photographs. Not photos printed at a drugstore. Professional photographs, printed by a professional lab. Those are the photos you find in an attic. It could be a 100-year-old photo, but it still looks good. Because back then, the paper photographs were printed on was high quality and developing them was an art form. There were no machines that spit out pictures onto cheap paper with inexpensive ink. I actually have to stop myself from intervening when I see people at those automated machines in a drugstore. Whatever they\u2019re charging, it\u2019s too much. Because those prints aren\u2019t worth the paper they\u2019re printed on. They will fade. They will curl. They will not stand the test of time. Not even close.<\/em><\/p>\n

Your memories are worth more than that. And your wedding images? They are worth TONS more than that. These aren\u2019t snapshots from a vacation. They aren\u2019t pictures from your iPhone. You cared enough about these moments to hire a professional to photograph them. Follow that through by having a professional print them. Have that professional print the pictures you put into frames and have them design you a high-quality wedding album that you will cherish for decades.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you purchase an album through your photographer, you can see a sample in person. You can touch and feel it and make sure it is worth every penny.<\/em><\/p>\n

I know that albums are expensive. That\u2019s for good reason. They are custom-designed books, usually hand-stitched and hand assembled and made just for you.<\/em><\/p>\n

But of all the things you spend money on for your wedding, your wedding photographs are the ONLY thing that will increase in value over time. As the years pass, you\u2019ll be more and more glad that you have them. Especially, if you can experience looking through them by flipping through a gorgeous custom-designed album instead of sitting in front of your computer and clicking \u201cnext\u201d with your mouse.<\/em><\/p>\n

So, figure out a way to make it happen. Figure out a way to afford that album. Forgo a centerpiece. Cut back on your guest list. Opt out of the vintage car you\u2019ll drive in for all of 20 minutes.<\/em><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t just do it for you. Do it for your children. Do it for your grandchildren. Because when they root around in your attic in 2075, they will have no idea what do with a USB key anymore than they would with a laser disc player.<\/em><\/p>\n

By Kathleen Trenske<\/p>\n

Posted 3.13.2013 on the Huffington Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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