Is the physical "photo album" obsolete?

-When I was a kid, my mother would always take a bunch of our (developed film) pictures and plaster them throughout a physical photo album so we could look through it. Today, the Facebook "photo album" has largely supplanted that custom.



I thought of this today when my grandmother asked me if my mother had made any photo albums lately, and I told her "only on Facebook".As a professional wedding photographer, I can tell you that newly weds almost always order an album from me. These days the 'coffee table' style is popular and very easy to produce. I use Blurb for this who aren't top end but are good quality and reasonably priced. Their software is downloadable , easy to customise and upload.



In my opinion there's nothing like looking through an album - Facebook and Flickr and the like just don't cut it for me although they serve a purpose for sharing with friends and family.
you can still buy photo albums and sleeves and local shops like Walmart and camera/ photography shops,



Walmart > Photo album

http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.鈥?/a>



BH photo video > Photo album

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Albums鈥?/a>



you could get digital photo album, and input images from coputer or camera or usb memstick directly,

as well make cd/dvd video photo album for tv, newer tv's can hook up to computers and cameras and other media devices,



Facebook and other sites may have access to photo printing and album / scrapbook services,



HP printing software

http://www.hp.com/global/us/en/consumer/鈥?/a>



http://www.facebook.com/apps/application鈥?/a>



HP Snapfish

http://www.snapfish.com/snapfish/welcome

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The thing is, when we are gone, how will our children know our story? By our photos and journalling in our family albums.



I do this. I print the best photos, and put them in scrapbook albums and journal my thoughts next to the photos. For example, instead of writing "Easter, 2010," I write, "John, look how handsome you look in your Easter suit, 2010." So I write it in my own handwriting and it is a book of love and a book of my child's history, that will one day be read by his children. Love passed down. I believe that is the purpose of these albums, along with the family history.



Good question! I wish more people were asking the same questions!

You can learn here how to do it. Good luck!

www.mycmsite.com/marycluley
Hardly, there are a number of companies that do a great job and people still want an album of their wedding pics and are willing to spend a lot to get a quality one.



I usually do a 'yearbook' of my best images, it's revealing to compare what I used to think was good with what I can do now. I usually print them myself.



Chris
Yes, the physical "photo album" is obsolete.