Four Ways To Digitally Preserve Your Wedding Photos
Your great-grandmother probably had just one treasured wedding
portrait, and your own mother likely captured memories of her special
day in an old-fashioned photo album. You, however, are getting married
in the Internet age, which means you'll be able to preserve a virtually
limitless number of images from the biggest day of your life.
Here are four ways to digitally preserve your wedding photos:
1) Digital Devices From digital picture frames to smart phones that
allow you to store images on a micro SD memory card, digital devices
mean you can keep and carry with you favorite wedding photos. Some
digital frames limit the number of images you can store, while others
are compatible with SD memory cards, meaning you can store, view and
swap out thousands of images. You can also use your MP3 player, laptop,
PDA and some mobile phones to store images.
2) Your PC or Laptop
Many wedding photographers now offer services to put
your wedding photos on a disc so that you can transfer images to your
PC or laptop. Most developing services, like those found in pharmacies
or department stores, also offer the option to put your images on a
disc. This storage method makes it easy to transfer images to your PC
or laptop, where you can use editing software to create collages, crop,
color-adjust and otherwise manipulate your images.
3) Photo-sharing Web Sites
Many photo-sharing Web sites now offer ample storage
for all your wedding photo needs. PhotosYourWay.com, for example,
a new innovator in photo-sharing, offers 7GB of free storage, enough to
store thousands of images. Photo-sharing Web sites also allow you to
spice up your photo presentation with effects like captioning,
cropping, editing, borders and more. You can present your images in a
slide-show format, and even share images with a specific group of
family or friends, or designate them viewable by anyone interested in
wedding images. One caveat- photo-sharing sites are only for original,
amateur works, not the copyrighted images you receive from your
professional wedding photographer.
4) Your Own Wedding Web Site
Many couples are now opting to design their own Web
sites prior to the wedding. Pre-wedding day, the sites can be great
resources to communicate important information to guests and for making
faraway loved ones feel like a part of your wedding preparations. After
your big day, the site can be used to share anecdotes and images from
the honeymoon, update friends and family on where you'll be living as
newlyweds, and even for posting personal thank you messages for
especially thoughtful gifts.
