WEBVTT - Print more photos

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of my Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to print more photos. Most of our

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<v Speaker 1>photos exist in the digital space these days, and for

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<v Speaker 1>many images that can be fine, but we should still

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<v Speaker 1>choose special ones to give a physical form. Printed photos

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<v Speaker 1>can become our most cherished possessions, helping us relive memories

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<v Speaker 1>long after those eras have faded into the past. I

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<v Speaker 1>am old enough to remember when we didn't have photos

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<v Speaker 1>of every moment in our lives. Probably for a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of teenage Shenanigans, that is a good thing, but in

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<v Speaker 1>any case, you would take photos of special events and

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<v Speaker 1>have to wait a while to get them printed and returned,

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<v Speaker 1>with no way to review the images ahead of time.

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<v Speaker 1>Some you thought would be great were duds, but some weren't,

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<v Speaker 1>and since they existed in physical form, you would often

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<v Speaker 1>put them somewhere you would look. These days, we take

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<v Speaker 1>photos constantly, fifty images to get the exact right tilt

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<v Speaker 1>of the head, but then you share the best online

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<v Speaker 1>and move on. There is a lack of permanence here.

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<v Speaker 1>One of my most treasured possessions is a series of

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<v Speaker 1>photos of my children from twenty eighteen that we printed

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<v Speaker 1>up and framed. My two year old is aware of

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<v Speaker 1>how special these are to me. The other day he

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<v Speaker 1>told told me he wanted to show me something, and

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<v Speaker 1>he took me to the wall where the photos are displayed.

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<v Speaker 1>He noted a problem he wasn't there because of course

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<v Speaker 1>he wasn't born yet when the photos were taken and framed.

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<v Speaker 1>But we took family photos this fall and I had

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<v Speaker 1>the photographer take many pictures of my little guy. I

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<v Speaker 1>printed up and framed one of them and it is

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<v Speaker 1>going up on the wall soon. My toddler knows that

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<v Speaker 1>I have thousands of pictures of him on my phone,

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<v Speaker 1>but even he less than three years old, I knew

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<v Speaker 1>there was something more special about the printed and framed variety.

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<v Speaker 1>It is not challenging to print photos. There are lots

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<v Speaker 1>of companies that can still do this for you. My

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<v Speaker 1>family has used Shutterfly for many prints, including some we

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<v Speaker 1>print up on mugs and ornaments and in photo of books.

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<v Speaker 1>I have started using frame Bridge as well for bigger pictures.

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<v Speaker 1>You can send in a high resolution image and then

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<v Speaker 1>choose from their framing and matting options. This can honestly

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<v Speaker 1>be a less than ten minute process for many things. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>creating photo books might take a bit longer, but maybe

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<v Speaker 1>not much longer. The biggest part of that project is

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<v Speaker 1>probably choosing the photos. I agree that this can be intimidating,

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<v Speaker 1>which is one reason my family fell a bit behind

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<v Speaker 1>on our yearly photo books we made twenty nineteen and then,

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<v Speaker 1>well it is now, but a rather brilliant solution recently

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<v Speaker 1>presented itself. My daughter shares my Apple I D for

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<v Speaker 1>her iPad, and so she had access to my photo library.

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<v Speaker 1>She went in to choose the photos from that she liked,

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<v Speaker 1>and Shutterfly has a function where they arrange the photos

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<v Speaker 1>in a reasonable layout. My daughter put in captions and

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<v Speaker 1>all I had to do was go in and edit

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<v Speaker 1>a tiny bit. If you have older kids who enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>pictures and memory keeping, they might like to take on

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<v Speaker 1>this project too, Or if things are really crazy, you

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<v Speaker 1>can hire someone for a few hours. I know a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people like chat books because they print up

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<v Speaker 1>your photos from Instagram, and for many people these are

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<v Speaker 1>already the highlights. But whatever you use, be sure to

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<v Speaker 1>print up some photos. We seldom managed to go back

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<v Speaker 1>through our photo libraries with the specific purpose of highlighting

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<v Speaker 1>good memories. It is all just jumbled in there, including

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<v Speaker 1>the ten other photos where you didn't like the angle

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<v Speaker 1>of your chin from that special occasion. Printing photos forces

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<v Speaker 1>some choices. You choose the best, and then you honor

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<v Speaker 1>those photos by putting them somewhere you can see. Every

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<v Speaker 1>time you see the photos, you will remember good times

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<v Speaker 1>and can pause and be grateful. That is a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of blessing for very little money or time. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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