The Big Picture: Sifting Physical Photos
The best way to solve a big problem is to break it down into a bunch of small problems. That’s what I tell myself when I face huge photo organizing
November 19, 2018
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Through the Years: Creating a Photo Project for Repeating Events
When my first daughter was born, I had high hopes of creating a scrapbook showcasing each of her birthdays. I started off strong, leaving a new scrapbook open for friends
November 12, 2018
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Memory Keeping: Capturing Your Kids’ Stories
When she was nearly three, my daughter Ainsley left a camera out in the rain. I had given her an old point and shoot to play with, and it didn’t
November 5, 2018
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5 Steps to Create a Specialty Digital Photo Album
One of the easiest ways to enjoy your precious photos and memories is to create a specialty or “theme” album. It takes a lot of the guesswork out of trying
October 29, 2018
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A Journey Through my Family’s Military Legacy Through Photos
When I set out to write this, I had a slightly different intention in mind. It consisted of describing my path of reflecting back on my own military service through
October 22, 2018
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Journey of a Lifetime: How to Sort Decades of 35mm Slides
There are many blogs and resources you can learn how to prepare and scan your slide collection, but when faced with the sometimes-daunting task of sorting your 35mm slides prior
October 15, 2018
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Tips to Master Your New iPhone from the Source
Overwhelmed with the new functions on your iPhone? Each new iPhone model and software update brings a dizzying set of new features, controls, and options. Many of these updates are
October 8, 2018
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One Memory at a Time: Capture Your Stories
The idea of writing your life story is daunting, to say the least. It might not even be an endeavor that remotely interests you. But preserving your memories—smaller stories that
October 1, 2018
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Beyond Photo Albums…What Are My Photo Storage Options?
Before we get into photo storage options, an important preface: never store your irreplaceable photographs, photo albums or anything else in your family archive in attics or basements, as temperature
September 28, 2018
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A Personalized Coloring Book For the Child who has Everything
The holidays are approaching and like everyone else, I’m always looking for unique gifts for the kiddos in my life. And as they get older, it gets more and more
September 24, 2018
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Caution: Old Photos May Be Hazardous to Your Health! 5 Items Needed When Handling Moldy Photos
Tough Last Year for Some Old Photos & Slides It’s been a long and rough past 12 months for the photos and slides someone just dropped off to the office
September 17, 2018
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Beyond Photo Safe…What Does it All Mean?
Photo safe. Archival. Acid-free. These are just some of the terms that are used when describing products in the photo industry…but what do they really mean? And why do we
September 14, 2018
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