Digital photography has so many perks. You delete the bad photos. You can share them so easily. More people are documenting their lives, and allowing memories to continue on. Social media allows you to reach out the family and friends across the country, or the world. 

Lord knows I do my fair share of snapping away just to post on social media. I have family scattered all throughout the country. So, while they would love to be a part of my every day life, being able to text them an image, or see it on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter makes them feel like they are with you every day.

But who actually prints their photographs??? I do. I put together a yearly family album and print several copies for each of my kids, and my library. Well, I've been building them every year.  In fact, my girls have some year books for the first couple years of their lives. 

On average, I take about 50,000 images per year. 

Now, I don't normally offer CD's for the sessions I photograph. There are several reasons why I don't. 

First and foremost, I want to make sure that the images I take of your family are printed on good quality paper that I've checked the print quality and calibration on. 

Second, I want you to print your photograhs.

Third, I want you to share them in your home. I want you to hang them on your walls. 

Lastly, CD's break or get lost, and then what? 

I have about 10 photographs of myself before the age of 10, and very few of my parents, who are both deceased. To me, a photograph stops a moment in time and allows you to remember what you were doing. 

Most of the time when I post a photograph of your family, I can tell you what funny things were said and done in that moment. You're becoming a part of my memories. 

So, while I would love to just go the easy way and sell CD's, I want you to print your photographs and hang them in your home, put them on your desk at work, or carry them in your wallet.