An Altered Reality: One Man. Two Photos One time a reporter asked me to tell them how many photos I've seen in my career. I'm simply not able to estimate that number. As a picture person, I
What’s Your Photo Story? A Wedding We make a lot of assumptions when we look at a photo and try to tell the story. Sometimes we fill in the blanks of the who, what, where, when,
Episode 122: Reproducing History and Protecting the Past: One Cased Image at a Time Over the years, clients have asked, “Where can I purchase a replacement case for my daguerreotype (or other cased images)? I finally have an answer for that. My guest takes
How Many Photos Represent A Person’s Life? There are images in our family collections that jump out at us. I hear it from clients over and over how a few photos stand out more than others. I
Animating Your Photos with Deep Nostalgiaâ„¢ from MyHeritage MyHeritage has done it again. They created a photo sensation with a new offering. I'm sure you've seen it. Social media is awash in videos of ancestors moving. Some find
Metadata and Family Photos The Family History Metadata Working Group chaired by Christopher Desmond is working on a set of standards to enable us to embed metadata, share it, and download it. View the
Family Photos on Instagram Discarded and re-sold photos appear all over social media, especially Instagram. If you’re looking for a picture of your great uncle Hubert, it might turn up online. The genealogical community hasn’t
Disaster Preparedness Many of us live in areas exposure to natural disasters such a hurricanes, tornados and earthquakes. While there is some predictability to weather fluctuations it is the unexpected events such
Messages on Ancestral Photos I love the messages our ancestors left on their photographs. There are arguments about who's who in different handwriting. Notes about loved ones. Captions that include who labeled the picture.