{"id":16884,"date":"2020-03-27T12:44:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T12:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snapfish.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16884"},"modified":"2020-04-01T16:55:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:55:22","slug":"why-printing-photos-is-still-so-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snapfish.com\/blog\/why-printing-photos-is-still-so-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Printing Photos is Still So Important"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Remember the days before digital cameras and smartphones, when the only way to see the special moments you\u2019d snapped with your camera was to have them printed? Those were the days. Digital cameras and smartphones may have changed everything, but printing photos has never been more important.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Printing photos is our\u00a0thing<\/em>, so of course we\u2019d tell you that\u00a0printing photos<\/a>\u00a0has never been more important, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OK, kind of. But, there are some very<\/em> sincere reasons that make us truly believe that printing photos is still so<\/em> relevant. Here are just a few for you to contemplate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

📸 We Snap So Many<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Smartphones have made it so<\/em> easy for us to be snap-happier than ever before. We no longer need to carry a clunky camera around: we\u2019ve got a powerful, portable camera that we can keep in our pocket. An estimated 1.2 TRILLION photos were taken<\/a> last year, with 85% of them being taken on a smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s a lot<\/strong> of photos. We\u2019ve all got so many stored on our smartphones that, if we don\u2019t print them off, they risk being completely forgotten about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of them \u2013 even the blurred or \u2018imperfect\u2019 ones \u2013 deserve to be printed, rather than remaining as nothing more than a piece of digital data on your mobile device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

👪 Make Memories More Tangible<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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There\u2019s a poignant quote from photographer, Katie Thurmes, which goes something like this: \u201cWe take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.\u201d<\/em>  Have truer words ever been spoken?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swiping through a smartphone gallery to look at your snaps is still fun. But, it\u2019s still<\/em> no comparison to actually holding real, printed photos in your hands. It really does make the memories more tangible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You remember the smells, sounds and sights of that particular moment in time. It takes you back, however long ago it was. That printed photo is your return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

😊 THAT Feeling When Prints are Delivered<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Do you remember, years ago, when you\u2019d send off your film to be developed and then have to wait a couple of weeks to get them back? When the package was posted through the mailbox, the anticipation to see your snaps was almost unbearable? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can still achieve\u00a0that<\/em>\u00a0feeling by getting your photos printed! Unlike decades ago, you\u2019ll only be waiting for a maximum of 5 working days to receive your\u00a0photo prints<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then, even after the anticipation of waiting for your photos to arrive, that feeling you get when you flick through your photos is second to none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

🎁 Photos Make Great Gifts<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Whether you get them printed on a\u00a0Photo Mug<\/a>,\u00a0Canvas<\/a>,\u00a0Calendar<\/a>\u00a0or collate them all in a\u00a0Photo Book<\/a>\u00a0matters not. What really matters is that photos and memories make perfect gifts. They\u2019re gifts that keep on giving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking someone back to a special moment in time, you\u2019re giving them that return ticket that Katie Thurmes describes so poignantly. You can\u2019t really put a price on that. The value of the photo print or photo book may be fairly nominal, but giving someone that memory is priceless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

🖼️ Your Life in Pictures<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Without printing photos and putting them in an album, or adding them to a photo book, what are you going to use to embarrass your son or daughter with on their 18th<\/sup>\u00a0Birthday? Or when they bring home their first partner to meet you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a more serious note, printing photos gives you the ability to document your life \u2013 friends, family, the good times and the bad \u2013 in pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


🛒 FREE Photo Prints \u2013 SNAPFISH APP OFFER<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Download the free Snapfish photo app<\/a> and you can get\u00a0100 free 4×6 Photo Prints\u00a0every month for a year<\/a>! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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