Leave a legacy.

So, you’ve planned a gorgeous wedding, invited all your friends and family (or none of them!) and hired a photographer to capture beautiful photos of your celebration; next you’re wondering how to share and where to store them.

Nowadays, especially with smartphones, it’s easy to take a dozen images of any given moment, then delete all of them in the next. For some this has given images a disposable feeling—and photos of your wedding day are anything but! These are irreplaceable moments. Whether you trust technology to safeguard digital versions of these images (via cloud or hard drive), there’s something absolutely magical about investing in a printed album as a tangible keepsake to treasure. Here are a few reasons I would encourage you to purchase a printed album.

Make it last.

Posting your photos online or via social media is great for the immediate response or sharing photos with your globetrotting friends who couldn’t make the occasion—but they don’t seem to last. Having an album dedicated to your photos means they don’t get lost over time and bogged down under some tech algorithm which only highlights the newest as the greatest!

From your coffee table to your grandkids’ bookshelf, this is a family heirloom you’ll pass on to the next generations. Think about how meaningful those classic portraits of your ancestors are—some day that will be you.

Why commission beautiful photographs if not to bring them into the real world?

“If you’re going to live, leave a legacy.
Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased.”
- Maya Angelou

Unplug the experience.

Imagine sitting with your sweetheart on your anniversary or perhaps with your kids in the future, leaning over pages of a wedding album, oohing over the sweet moments and groaning over the funny ones—it’s fun to relive the memories! And flipping pages is completely different than swiping on a screen; it takes more time, and there’s something immersive about the tactile act of touching the album and holding its weight. A physical album brings connection to experiencing your photos, whether in five years or in twenty.