Let’s take a departure from Lightroom content and explore another concept in photography, photo printing. In our digital world, physical prints can sometimes be forgotten or neglected. Even professional photographers, who make money off prints and sell them to their clients, can sometimes forget to print for their own homes and workspaces.
But printing is a beautiful way to honor a photo. It gives a photo a final home and purpose rather than existing only on screens. Here are 3 reasons to print your photos.
They Are Good For Memories
Physical prints are known to trigger memories and emotions better than digital photos. According to studies, physical material involves more emotional processing, which is important for memory and brand associations.
What that says to me is that printing wall art, whether you’re using frames, metal prints or canvas prints, helps us relive the emotions and memories from our most precious life moments, whether they are big milestone events like weddings or every day moments of our children.
They Are Good for a Photographer’s Confidence
As we all continue on our personal journey with photography, we sometimes need reminders of our accomplishments. Like an athlete would display trophies, a photographer should display his or her crowning achievements.
These daily reminders can help boost your confidence and give you a way to display your best, most impactful career milestones. In short, you can celebrate and show pride in your work.
Wall Art is More Affordable Than You Think
Printing wall art used to be expensive and out-of-reach for the everyday photographer. In the 90s and early 2000s, you had to go to specialized print shops to get them done. Then you had to find the right frame and so on.
Now, however, wall art, especially canvas prints, are very affordable. For example, 20×30 canvases are under $50 at places like CanvasDiscount.com. You’ll pay a bit more for metals and other materials at other businesses, but in general, it’s not any more than purchasing pre-made art at retailers like Ikea or Target.
In addition, the process is easy and fast. You can get these orders turned around in a week or so, and the whole ordering process is done online. With low prices and digital convenience, there’s really no excuse to NOT be printing your work.
Personalize Your Home Decor
What is more meaningful to view? A pretty picture of a random scene or an image that evokes emotion and memories of a special moment or place in your life?
Canvas and other wall art, lets you personalize your home decor. It gives you full control, especially with the right Lightroom tutorials and knowledge, for matching colors in your home and overall moods.
Like the white, clean, minimalist look for your home? Match it with the same style of photo, post produced to match that style, and printed on a canvas to blend in seamlessly with its surroundings. Have a dark and moody room, find the right photo from your portfolio, post produce it in Lightroom to match, and print it!
Conclusion
Life’s moments are too incredible and too transient to be forgotten. They need to be appreciated, on a daily basis, by us and our loved ones. The best way to do that, in my opinion, is through wall art.
Scrolling back years in your Instagram or Facebook feed is uncommon, so if that is your primary way of enjoying old photos, then they are not being full appreciated. Instead, they’re “lost in the scroll,” as I like to say.
Instead, walking past your photo as you head down the stairs, or talking about your old wedding photos with the guests that visit your home, these will all bring up memories from those moments and give them new life each time.
