In this episode of Ask Maureen, Maureen gives some great tips and points the way to some great resources, including some recent podcast appearances. What do you do with that box of photos with no names? How do you scan originals vs. slide copies? How should you deal with old black paper photo albums? Plus, you…
The Photo Detective Podcast
Episode 05: MetaData & Online Posting
Metadata and online-posting best practices are the focus of this episode. What is metadata and why is important? What are the ethics and etiquette of photo sharing? Maureen also answers a question, with a cool example, about lantern slides.
Episode 04: The Last Muster
After a dozen years of searching, there are still new photographs popping up. These men and women experienced the Revolutionary War period and lived long enough to be photographed. Do you have one in your collection? Listen to this Facebook Live episode to learn more about The Last Muster project.
Episode 03: Answering Listener’s Questions
Ask Maureen Facebook Live events are your chance to ask your photo related questions. Think about your number one concern. Is it unidentified images? Preserving photos? Organizing them for the next generation? Or maybe you want to know more about sharing pictures. Go ahead and ask. I’m listening. You can submit your question here. Here…
Episode 02: Ask Maureen
Maureen answers several great questions about identifying Orphan Photos, Conservation of Photos printed on Fabric, looking for clues in tin-types and locating information about old photo studios. Additionally, she provides some terrific resources for finding more ancestral photos and uploading photos to Ancestry.com.
Episode 01: How I Became The Photo Detective
I held my first Facebook Live event on January 26th. In this episode, I answered the following questions submitted by you, my readers: How did I get started as the Photo Detective? How do I tell two people apart in photos? Is it possible to identify a geographic location (state/nation) (with reasonable accuracy) based on…