The Importance of the Print is a Digital World

In the new show Revolution, about a world after the world’s power suddenly ended, one of the characters pulls a long since dead iPhone from her bag and says, “You know the reason why I keep this?  Because somewhere inside are the only pictures of my kids.  First days, first steps – their whole lives, and I don’t have a single photo to hold in my hands.”

We forget how fragile those zeros and ones can be!  But we keep so much of our lives – pictures, records, almost everything – stored in technology we think will always be there.  What would happen if that single disk cracked?  If the technology went out of date?

We certainly make digital images available, but we portrait photographers here at Keane Studios and throughout the world know that a digital file cannot replace the visual impact of a beautiful portrait. Think Mona Lisa, Rembrandts, Whistler’s Mother – did you immediately get a mental image?  That’s why we print the following food for thought, about ANY important images you have, in our literature.

The Importance of the Print

Think ahead a year or two.  You’ll smile at the warmth these printed portraits create in your home now – your family together!

In our new world of cell phones, social media and the cloud, we are surrounded by millions of images, created instantly and stored … where DID I put that file?  Of course, you’ll want digital files, but don’t forget the value of a print.

Many years from now, your grandchildren may be rummaging through the remnants of their parents’ past and find a shiny round silver disk.  Sadly, there won’t be a way they can see these images from a time long gone, because the technology will be as outdated as the 8 track.