Print Your Photo's - Learn From My Mistakes (pt 2)
You may have seen my post earlier today, detailing my experiences with digital data loss and recovery.(https://steemit.com/life/@alexabbottphoto/back-up-your-back-up-s-learn-from-my-mistakes)
In this part 2 I will be discussing the importance of printing photographs.
This photograph was taken of my nephew when he was a toddler, it was taken around 10 years ago. I recently lost the original file as detailed in the post linked above, and while Ive recovered a low res version, just big enough to make a small print from, Im fortunate that this memory was printed from the original file for my mum and it hangs in her house, so in that respect we have a decent sized copy of this photo.
In this digital age, Im amazed, perhaps because my business is photography, how many pictures nowadays never leave a hard drive. The message I hope that you will take from this is that digital files corrupt, but tangible photographs can be rescued, held, see, passed on and cherished forever.
I lost some valuable printed photos a few years back. The lesson was - print several copies and don't keep them all in the same place or give them to the same person.
Good advice @bhop42moro :-)
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STOPAgreed.
There's something about having a printed photo that's different than keeping it on a hard drive, or uploading it to a Facebook or Instagram.
I love going through old school picture albums. My mother used to take pictures all the time. I remember the excitement after getting them film developed and seeing how the pictures turned out. Now it's different, now no one prints off pictures anymore.