About

I built this because I kept not sending the photos.

I'm Emily and I'm a photographer, which makes this even more embarrassing: I have thousands of photos of my own kids - and the people I love the most have seen almost none of them.

Not for lack of caring, of course. The photos live on my phone, I'm busy, forget to post, forget to send that shared gallery. My grandma doesn't even know what a shared gallery is. That reminder to make the Albums of my baby's year-in-review is now 8 year past due.

Meanwhile, my family is printing photos off of Facebook posts and pinning them to the fridge - that's not the experience I want for them! 

I do this for a living, it's my full time job. If I cannot manage it getting life updates to family in a meaningful way, then it isn't an effort issue, it's a process and service issue.

THe Photos that started it all

These are the ones they never saw.

Six months of my own camera roll. Nothing staged, retouched, posed or curated. These are the images that matter the most.

How it Started

The first version was a dream

I thought it up, had so many plans and ideas, but no time.

I told my mom and grandma, they were SO excited!!! Not only would they get the sweet updates, but they would arrive in a physical manner, printed, ready to show off to friends and family.

My grandma's fridge was prepped and ready!

That's how we got here, a real service provided for all of the overwhelmed and tired parents trying to share the most precious, fleeting moments.

April, for my family

This is the one I sent.

April
B. Family · Issue 02 · 2019
April 18

She went to her first Opening Day and it was FREEZING! We had to buy a blanket, hat, and gloves on top of her winter coat. Yikes! She loves it, though!

April 20

She wrote and illustrated her own story in Kindergarten! I'm so glad the teacher took this photo for me. She got to read it to her small group. Isn't she soooooo cute???

April 30
Where I draw the line

What I will never do

- Train anything on your family's photographs.

- Sell, share, or mine your data.

- Make your parents create an account.

- Add a feed, like button, streak, or anything game-ified.

- Charge you to leave. Your whole archive exports whenever you'd like it.

If you have someone who would put it on the fridge.

Start with one month. See what happens when it arrives.