Beyond Digital: The Importance of Real Wedding Photos

We are a society that is always on the go. Everything is at our fingertips, from a quick email to ordering food with one click of a button. We can send sentimental love notes way faster than Cupid's arrow ever could.  No more horse and buggy or telegrams; remember those big clunker phones of the 80's! All we have to do now is press "SEND" and our warm wishes fly through cyberspace to our loved ones. 

There are very few moments where we stop to smell the roses, but when it comes to weddings, that is exactly what we do (literally)! We try our best to savor each precious moment. The slow walk down an aisle, warm glances, and carefully worded vows delivered with unflinching low.

Each gesture, ritual or glance is significant and we hold onto it, hoping that our memory will never fade. When our wedding day is over and we ride off in our Cinderella carriage toward our married life, we may later want to recount those priceless moments, and how do we do that? We admire the archives of our lives through photographs.

Wedding photos capture the moments you cherish for a lifetime and, unlike how disposable things can be in the 21st century, they last forever. In an age when relationships can evaporate with the click of "unfriend," wedding ceremonies are about making the timeless promise to stick with someone through thick and thin.

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While it's great to store your favorite images in albums online and share them with family and friends, wedding photos shine best when they are physically in your home.

Frame your favorites and hang them somewhere you can see them every day. Over the hearth or on the mantle are great spots for wedding photos. You want them to be in the center of your home to remind you of the unwavering love and commitment. Let them stand as physical archives of your married life. (and hey, you looked like a queen, why wouldn't you want house guests to admire them!)

Keeping photographs of your wedding at home can even make you happier. Photos taken during the highlights of your life are great for nostalgia; just looking at them can flood back warm memories of your favorite moment and remind you of the people you love. 

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Give your mood a boost by displaying your favorite wedding photos in places throughout your home, ideally in spots where you will pass them several times each day. Unlike photo albums online where you usually have to scan through a zillion Facebook albums to find them, physical pictures around your house are constant reminders of your blessings.

No matter who tech-savvy you are, you should leave room in your budget for framed, professional wedding photographs. Placing reminders of your favorite pictures in your home serves as an enduring reminder of the love you share, your blessings, and the powerful vows upon which you have built a new life.

That's what makes wedding photography so powerful.