Making memories TANGIBLE
Prominent photographer of newborns, Cassandra English, tries out the new Epson EcoTank and finds it inspires her in more ways than one
Iam your textbook “mumtographer”, I take countless photos of my children but do nothing with them. The thought of sorting through years of phone photos, transferring them to a USB stick and taking them to one of those kiosks at the mall is too daunting.
When the Epson EcoTank printer arrived, my daughter Hazel instantly declared it hers. “I want to print photos, Mummy.” Her enthusiasm ignited my own and with the Epson EcoTank, we were able to start our little box of history.
The inspiration for this box lay in a childhood memory I have of printed photos and the hope that I could create similarly moving experiences for my children. I remember going to my grandparents’ house and carefully rifling through a wooden box filled with loose prints. These images were a priceless documentation of my father and his family’s history. The feeling of holding the moments from lives past, which could otherwise be long forgotten, in my hands is indescribable.
Hazel and I have now printed out hundreds of our own 6x4” glossy memories, including out-takes from photo shoots and everyday phone photos from the past three years. Incredibly, printing 360 photos hasn’t even made a dent in our ink supply. The EcoTank makes it effortless, allowing me to send images straight from my phone to the printer. Within minutes, images were printed and added to our box. I was even inspired to write dates and memories on the back like my grandparents used to do.
Knowing those moments that are so easily lost can now be physically held and cherished is comforting. They won’t be left in some ‘cloud’ but stored in a special place in our home, ready to be passed around and laughed over, as I did with my grandparents. In the years to come, I can’t wait to see the kids holding these memories in their hands, corners bent, worn and torn, but well loved.