You come across a family photo that was tucked away in a photo album and wonder who’s in the picture. More questions surface and you decide to research your family history. What you learn about relatives from previous generations will help you weave a story of who you are and connect the past to the…
A picture is worth a thousand words as the saying goes, but many family pictures leave us puzzled. Who’s in it? What’s the meaning of the shot? And how do we find out more information about the generations who came before us? Family research uncovers both facts and stories. If you search the Internet, you…
You dig in a closet and come across a box that has old photo albums and a round tin can. You open it and see reels of old home movies that you watched as a child. Now you wrestle with some thoughts: There were relatives in that movie and you’d like to know more…
Family photos that we find in shoeboxes, dusty albums and hallway drawers can spark our imaginations and take us back in time—or take us back to well before our times. Those photos come alive even more when they’re part of a real story that’s been researched and supported with credible facts. It becomes a genealogy…
My passion as a photo coach is: guiding my clients into organizing their photos so they can tell stories while giving them the best possible tools to truly safeguard their memories for a lifetime and longer Think about this: We live in a mobile society where change is constant. Younger families are less likely…
Small business owners wanting to grow and market their company know that images are critical to attract customers and clients. Marketing isn’t the only reason to take pictures. Photos can be a form of record keeping for insurance purposes—and, especially, for home businesses, a source of memories that you want to safeguard. A business takes…
What’s your favorite social media platform? How many of them do you typically use? They’re great for staying in touch with friends and family, but they’re not great for storing your photos long term. You need a simple digital strategy that will serve you and your family for decades to come. Why? Read on…
One of the reasons that early films from Walt Disney were popular was that he knew a secret to storytelling—life’s moments are never totally happy nor are they totally sad. We live in a mixture of ups and downs so why not take photos that will show the various sides of your family’s lives…
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A unique moment compels us to snap a photo of our spouse, children or grandchildren on our Androids or iPhones and upload it—usually to our social media accounts. The pictures we take run the risk of getting mixed in with a lot of other pictures, and we never stop to pick and choose as…