1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of my Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to print more photos. Most of our 4 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: photos exist in the digital space these days, and for 5 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: many images that can be fine, but we should still 6 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: choose special ones to give a physical form. Printed photos 7 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: can become our most cherished possessions, helping us relive memories 8 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: long after those eras have faded into the past. I 9 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 1: am old enough to remember when we didn't have photos 10 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: of every moment in our lives. Probably for a lot 11 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: of teenage Shenanigans, that is a good thing, but in 12 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: any case, you would take photos of special events and 13 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: have to wait a while to get them printed and returned, 14 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: with no way to review the images ahead of time. 15 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: Some you thought would be great were duds, but some weren't, 16 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: and since they existed in physical form, you would often 17 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: put them somewhere you would look. These days, we take 18 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: photos constantly, fifty images to get the exact right tilt 19 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: of the head, but then you share the best online 20 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: and move on. There is a lack of permanence here. 21 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: One of my most treasured possessions is a series of 22 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: photos of my children from twenty eighteen that we printed 23 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: up and framed. My two year old is aware of 24 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: how special these are to me. The other day he 25 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: told told me he wanted to show me something, and 26 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: he took me to the wall where the photos are displayed. 27 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: He noted a problem he wasn't there because of course 28 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: he wasn't born yet when the photos were taken and framed. 29 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: But we took family photos this fall and I had 30 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: the photographer take many pictures of my little guy. I 31 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: printed up and framed one of them and it is 32 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: going up on the wall soon. My toddler knows that 33 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: I have thousands of pictures of him on my phone, 34 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: but even he less than three years old, I knew 35 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: there was something more special about the printed and framed variety. 36 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 1: It is not challenging to print photos. There are lots 37 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: of companies that can still do this for you. My 38 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: family has used Shutterfly for many prints, including some we 39 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: print up on mugs and ornaments and in photo of books. 40 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: I have started using frame Bridge as well for bigger pictures. 41 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: You can send in a high resolution image and then 42 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: choose from their framing and matting options. This can honestly 43 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: be a less than ten minute process for many things. Now, 44 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: creating photo books might take a bit longer, but maybe 45 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: not much longer. The biggest part of that project is 46 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: probably choosing the photos. I agree that this can be intimidating, 47 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: which is one reason my family fell a bit behind 48 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: on our yearly photo books we made twenty nineteen and then, 49 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: well it is now, but a rather brilliant solution recently 50 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: presented itself. My daughter shares my Apple I D for 51 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: her iPad, and so she had access to my photo library. 52 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: She went in to choose the photos from that she liked, 53 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: and Shutterfly has a function where they arrange the photos 54 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: in a reasonable layout. My daughter put in captions and 55 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: all I had to do was go in and edit 56 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: a tiny bit. If you have older kids who enjoy 57 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:24,039 Speaker 1: pictures and memory keeping, they might like to take on 58 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: this project too, Or if things are really crazy, you 59 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: can hire someone for a few hours. I know a 60 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: lot of people like chat books because they print up 61 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: your photos from Instagram, and for many people these are 62 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:46,359 Speaker 1: already the highlights. But whatever you use, be sure to 63 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: print up some photos. We seldom managed to go back 64 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 1: through our photo libraries with the specific purpose of highlighting 65 00:04:55,760 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: good memories. It is all just jumbled in there, including 66 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: the ten other photos where you didn't like the angle 67 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 1: of your chin from that special occasion. Printing photos forces 68 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: some choices. You choose the best, and then you honor 69 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: those photos by putting them somewhere you can see. Every 70 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: time you see the photos, you will remember good times 71 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: and can pause and be grateful. That is a lot 72 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: of blessing for very little money or time. In the meantime, 73 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:39,679 Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making 74 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to 75 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: hear from it. 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