Researching your family’s history and photo storage are related. The task can begin with simple questions. Who are those people in the photos you found buried in a box in your closet or your attic? Are they cousins of your parents or grandparents … and if you learn something about them, then will that fill…
A friend of mine was visiting his childhood home and was cleaning an upstairs attic that his elderly father could no longer clean. He found a shoebox covered with dust, opened the lid, and saw it stuffed with letters. He pulled one out and saw dozens more letters his deceased mother had written to his…
Imagine your wedding photos and videos being available for a great-great-grandchild and their children to view in a hundred years or more from now. It’s possible with the right kind of digital storage. The digital age is awesome. Look how easy it is to send files through text messaging and email, upload photos and videos…
I know why it’s tough to store your photos, videos and more in a safe, secure place. It seems like you don’t have time. So many other things are priorities. But storing your memories digitally—and permanently—has lifetime benefits for your family that will last for generations to come. Here’s a brief story: My family used…
I store my most meaningful photos and videos in the platform FOREVER®, but did you know that you can store other memories that enrich our lives? Think about it. Our family photos and videos are worth saving, storing, and preserving but those aren’t the only items that reveal who we are and show us what’s…
Have you heard that Costco is shutting down its online photo service and transferring customers to Shutterfly? The deadline is Jan. 31, 2024 and on Feb 1. 2024 CostCo will delete all photos. Let me know if you’re affected by this news in the photo storage industry. Please share this blog with family and friends…
There are life-changing benefits for digitizing family photos and all of your older media files. Your most meaningful memories get updated into usable files, but something else happens as well. Read on and learn how digitizing your files can impact your family for generations to come. Let’s glimpse at some shots with my dad. Like…
How do you put depth to those old family photos you find or still have in your traditional scrapbook albums? Digging into your family’s history and journaling brief stories. I’ve been a photo coach for almost 30 years Newspaper clippings are often quite helpful, especially if your relatives lived in smaller towns. Using newspapers…
It’s fun to thumb through those traditional photo albums and relive our most meaningful memories. But they risk becoming lost or damaged. And how do you access VHS tapes and those older 8mm home movies and slide shows? You can watch newer videos on your phone but they’re eating up memory. You can share them…
Okay. You’re looking for the phone of your dreams, although if you’re at dinner with the man or woman of your dreams then put your phone research on hold. But I get it. Your smartphone is your tool to capture a lifetime of memories. Research shows that 92% of all images taken in the U.S.…