Remembering the Past in Photos

I received a Facebook message from my daughter yesterday asking me for old photos of her as a baby/child.  She told me that this week was “Retro” week on Facebook but somehow I must have missed that announcement?

I started digging around for old photos and found a few that I had sent to her from a few years back.

Photos hold so many memories for you and you don’t even realize until you gaze upon them once again.

My daughter was born premature…28 weeks.  That was almost 30 years ago this year.  The few polaroids that were taken by the hospital staff are the only memories we have of the NICU stay for the first three months of her life.

But, the camera never stopped after that.  I have almost twelve albums of pictures…about one album per year.  What I would like to do, though, is to be able to share all of those photos with friends and family.  Plus, any time my daughter wants an old photo of herself, she can go to the site and dig around and see what she can find!

I have found a great product at SmugMug:

Many consumers are leary of the free photo sharing sites, anything that is free, surely has a catch. For a modest fee, you can upload, arrange and share unlimited photos (videos) on your own personal website. Is it secure? SmugMug is like Fort Knox for your photos, all safe and sound. It is like photo insurance, every photo is saved and backed up in multiple data centers across the USA. Just over five years old, SmugMug hosts almost 300 Million photos.

SmugMug has NO Ads, Pop-ups or SPAM and your visitors will never have to register to see their photos. You want prints?! At your service directly to your home!  They offer over 26 different sizes in 3 different finishes or you can print on products as shirts, puzzles and mugs.