photo journal observing an ordinary life in a beautiful world
This post is intended to be helpful for those just getting started putting together a photo book / zine as an annual family yearbook. It’s perfectly acceptable and logical to simply add your images in chronological order from the beginning… Read more
The moment she handed me the envelope, I could barely contain the excitement. The anticipation of opening the envelope, having to wait until after I was out of the store, made me feel giddy. That’s how excited I feel every… Read more
“Our dreams are made of real things, like a shoebox full of photographs.” — said Jack Johnson I always get excited whenever I have some of my photos printed whether it’s on canvas, enlarged for framing, little 4×6’s, or a… Read more
I’m definitely on a roll with getting as many of my unprinted photos off the computer and in print. I write about it frequently here on my blog and the most recent of those posts showed the photo books I created… Read more
“In order to remember, we have to access and interact with the photos, rather than just amass them.” —Linda Henkel, Point-and-Shoot Memories, Psychological Science (2013) We’re taking photos. Obviously they’re important to us. But then what? In my previous post,… Read more
Why you need to print your photos … today: “An image in hand can touch your heart more deeply than an image on a computer screen. Printed photographs are gifts.” ~Meredith Wynn Computers fail. Hard drives crash. USB sticks and… Read more
I recently read a post on Facebook that had such an urgency to it. Her computer had crashed and she couldn’t access or find any of her photographs. They included images of their children (eight years of memories and firsts),… Read more
Are your photos all on your phone or computer? When was the last time you had photos printed? I am a huge proponent of getting photos OFF the computer or phone and printed, whether it’s a beautiful canvas print for… Read more