Why make prints, I have the digitals? Clarksburg Family Photography

Why should I buy prints when I have the digitals?

This is something we hear ALL of the time. Why should I buy prints when I have all the digitals? Well, I don’t know about you, but we still don’t know exactly where our wedding photos are. They were given to us on a thumb drive and probably stuck in a box, or drawer somewhere. We had a few prints made and had them framed. Those are hanging on the wall near the stairs for everyone to see.

Technology changes so fast!

I can’t stress enough the importance of making prints, albums, and canvases of your images. Technology changes so fast and who knows if the DVD you have is going to be readable 10 years from now. I look back at tape drives and floppy disks, yeah, remember those? For the longevity of your images, have prints made! Have your photographer make the prints with a professional color printing lab. Our lab uses archival-quality inks and papers which means these images are guaranteed for 200 Years! They are more expensive than going to Walmart or CVS, but, things that are of high quality do cost more. Our labs have all of our color preferences in our profile and know exactly how I’m calibrated. The lab won't make any color corrections without me asking for it. This means that the colors we see at your family or newborn session and during the editing phase are the exact colors I get in my prints. Your local store or pharmacy often has sharpening filters and color corrections that are made automatically by someone that was sort of taught how to push the green “GO” button on the printer. The lab has professional lab technicians working with my portriats and they take as much care with it as if it was their own. Making prints is the best investment you’ll ever make.

You can enjoy them all together!

One other reason I love having prints of our images is so we can enjoy them together. Our son has sat with an album loaded with pictures from his birth to the present day. He loves sitting and looking back at the “old house” or when he was still in the hospital. My family enjoys seeing them on the walls of our home and looking at linen books and albums on our coffee table. These albums and prints will be handed down as the kids get older and start their families. I just got 3-4 old albums from when I was born and really enjoy sitting with them and looking back in time.

So, why should I buy prints even though I have all the digitals? We work closely with two of our favorite color labs in the U.S and take great pride in making products that will be hanging on our and our client's walls. With all the standard print sizes and canvas gallery wraps, linen, and leather-bound albums. Don’t hesitate to ask us about odd sizes if you have specific sizes that you’d like to make!

When you’re ready to start documenting your family story in print, reach out below!