I read this recently on a Facebook thread. It made me question: Why do you NEED every file from your lifestyle photographer?
So many people think they NEED all of their files. But the truth is, what you really WANT is all your pictures. You want to be able to look back to your child’s toothless grin when they are graduating high school or see how tiny your baby truly is when wrapped in daddy’s arms. As I mentioned previously, our families are the thing we value the most. The time we spend is our greatest resource. Our next greatest resource after that is our memories.
What You Really Need
What you NEED is printed pictures. Pictures need to be hung up on walls, printed in albums to look through whenever you want. There’s nothing better than cozying up with your family and passing around the picture boxes and laughing at ourselves.
Another thing you NEED is pictures that show how much your family loves each other; how much fun you have together. You NEED pictures that show real connections and laughter and moments. With one picture, we are transported back to that distinct moment in time. Pictures have the power to let us hear that tiny giggle or make you remember the awkward teenage years and how you thought every roadblock was the end of the world – I know that wasn’t just me!
Bottom Line
Those files you think you need will likely gather dust on your hard drive or sit on a disc (GASP! Please don’t still be using discs!) or worse yet, never downloaded from the link you were emailed.
I understand files are nice to have in our digital age but don’t mistake that for what you really need. What you really need it is a lifestyle photographer able to capture the moments and the details that matter and to get them printed and hung on your walls. When your walls are covered with the thing you value the most, life becomes better.
