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.…
Photos and videos continue collecting on our phones, tablets, and laptops as we’re out and about, taking trips, going to events like birthday parties, or even shopping in the store while deciding what to use in decorating the house. Taking photos is an everyday, and every moment, occurrence. Have you received a text from your…
Researching your family’s history can mean different things depending on your interest level. You can satisfy your curiosity about your family’s past by looking at old photos, home movies, slides, or other media and jotting down your recollections and understanding of what you’re viewing. Or you can dig deeper and travel back farther in time.…
Personal experience is a great teacher even though the lessons we learn can be painful. The good news is that the pain can lead us to solutions. Meet Michelle Collinge, a photo coach who’s one of my colleagues from around the country and she’s passionate about preserving family photos like the collage above that has…
If you’re wondering how to connect the pieces of your family’s lineage and genealogy, then here are sites to visit and begin your journey. If you need professional help, then that’s available as well. But what do you do with your findings and how do you safely store them? As a photo coach, I’ve…
Once a month, I’m having my friends share their experience storing photos online in a storage system they own and that’s guaranteed for a lifetime, plus 100 years. The above photo is from Margarita Buitrago, who I’ve known for almost 20 years. The picture is saved and will be accessible for generations to…