Wedding Album vs. Digital Files
Have you chosen to invest in digital files rather than a wedding album? Here are some considerations for you.
The Wedding Album
Tradition: The Wedding Album has become the benchmark for displaying a couple’s wedding images. The book becomes part of the family, especially in the early years as it is on display and later on stored and revisited by children and grandchildren and hopefully great-grandchildren.
Preservation: The quality and craftsmanship of today’s bookbinders have given The Wedding Album a look that can fit any style and personality. Easily stored in a preservation box at room temperature, these books last for generations.
Tangibility: The feel of the pages, the cover, the spine and the overall craftsmanship are a very large part of enjoying the modern wedding album. Photographic images were meant for print and these albums are a testament to this fact. A visit to a newlyweds home will undoubtedly involve a peak at the wedding album.
The Digital Files
Digital storage: With the access of large – resolution files comes the need to organize, store and back up these files for the future. The digital files need to managed, organized and protected. The DVD or Flash Drive where you received your files should only be considered a temporary vehicle for your digital file storage. They should be backed up onto at least one on site external hard drive and one off site hard drive or remote server.
Rate of advancement: Digital photography is here to stay, but what direction will it go? No one really knows if DVD’s, USB connections, or even JPG’s will be around in 30 years. Imagine all those floppy disks out there sitting in boxes with files from the 80′s; that very well could happen to a disk of wedding images.
Dependence on technology: There are infinite ways to use and show off digital files, from digital photo frames to slide shows with music, etc. The world has embraced the digital photography revolution, but what is often over looked it the dependence upon technology. You can’t very well look at digital images without the use of a computer, tv, and almost certainly the internet.
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