WEBVTT - Second Cup: Print more photos

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Today's tip is to print more photos.

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<v Speaker 3>Most of our photos exist in the digital space these days,

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<v Speaker 3>and for many images that can be fine, but we

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<v Speaker 3>should still choose special ones to give a physical form.

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<v Speaker 3>Printed photos can become our most cherished possessions, helping us

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<v Speaker 3>relive memories long after those eras have faded into the past.

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<v Speaker 3>I am old enough to remember when we didn't have

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<v Speaker 3>photos of every moment in our lives. Probably for a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of teenage Shenanigans, that is a good thing, but

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<v Speaker 3>in any case, you would take photos of special events

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<v Speaker 3>and have to wait awhile to get them printed and returned,

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<v Speaker 3>with no way to review the images ahead of time.

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<v Speaker 3>Some you thought would be great were duds, but some weren't,

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<v Speaker 3>and since they existed in physical form, you would often

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<v Speaker 3>put them somewhere you would look. These days, we take

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<v Speaker 3>photos constantly, fifty images to get the exact right tilt

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<v Speaker 3>of the head, but then you share the best online

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<v Speaker 3>and move on. There is a lack of permanence here.

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<v Speaker 3>One of my most treasured possessions is a series of

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<v Speaker 3>photos of my children from twenty eighteen that we printed

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<v Speaker 3>up and framed. My two year old is aware of

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<v Speaker 3>how special these are to me. The other day he

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<v Speaker 3>told me he wanted to show me something, and he

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<v Speaker 3>took me to the wall where the photos are displayed.

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<v Speaker 3>He noted a problem. He wasn't there because of course

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<v Speaker 3>he wasn't born yet when the photos were taken and framed.

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<v Speaker 3>But we took family photos this fall and I had

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<v Speaker 3>the photographer take many pictures of my little guy. I

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<v Speaker 3>printed up and framed one of them and it is

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<v Speaker 3>going up on the wall soon. My toddler knows that

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<v Speaker 3>I have thousands of pictures of him on my phone,

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<v Speaker 3>but even he, less than three years old, knew there

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<v Speaker 3>was something more special about the printed and framed variety.

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<v Speaker 3>It is not challenging to print photos. There are lots

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<v Speaker 3>of companies that can still do this for you. My

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<v Speaker 3>family has used Shutterfly for many prints, including some we

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<v Speaker 3>print up on mugs and ornaments and foe books. I

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<v Speaker 3>have started using Framebridge as well for bigger pictures. You

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<v Speaker 3>can send in a high resolution image and then choose

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<v Speaker 3>from their framing and matting options. This can honestly be

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<v Speaker 3>a less than ten minute process for many things. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>creating photo books might take a bit longer, but maybe

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<v Speaker 3>not much longer. The biggest part of that project is

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<v Speaker 3>probably choosing the photos. I agree that this can be intimidating,

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<v Speaker 3>which is one reason my family fell a bit behind

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<v Speaker 3>on our yearly photo books. We made twenty nineteen and

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<v Speaker 3>then well it is now twenty twenty two, but a

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<v Speaker 3>rather brilliant solution recently presented itself. My daughter shares my

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<v Speaker 3>Apple ID for her iPad, and so she had access

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<v Speaker 3>to my photo library. She went to choose the photos

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<v Speaker 3>from twenty twenty that she liked, and Shutterfly has a

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<v Speaker 3>function where they arrange the photos in a reasonable layout.

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<v Speaker 3>My daughter put in captions and all I had to

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<v Speaker 3>do was go in and edit a tiny bit. If

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<v Speaker 3>you have older kids who enjoy pictures in memory keeping,

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<v Speaker 3>they might like to take on this project too, Or

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<v Speaker 3>if things are really crazy, you can hire someone for

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<v Speaker 3>a few hours. I know a lot of people like

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<v Speaker 3>chat books because they print up your photos from Instagram,

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<v Speaker 3>and for many people these are already the highlights. But

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<v Speaker 3>whatever you use, be sure to print up some photos.

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<v Speaker 3>We seldom managed to go back through our photo libraries

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<v Speaker 3>with the specific purpose of highlighting good memories. It is

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<v Speaker 3>all just jumbled in there, including the ten other photos

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<v Speaker 3>where you didn't like the angle of your chin from

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<v Speaker 3>that special occasion. Printing photos forces some choices. You choose

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<v Speaker 3>the best, and then you honor those photos by putting

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<v Speaker 3>them somewhere you can see. Every time you see the photos,

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<v Speaker 3>you will remember good times and can pause and be grateful.

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<v Speaker 3>That is a lot of blessing for very little money

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<v Speaker 3>or time. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 3>and here's to making the most of our time.

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