7 reasons manual is better than automatic

Manual or automatic? Not cars, I’m talking about how you organize your digital photos. There are distinct advantages to manual organizing (i.e., setting up sets of folders on a hard drive) vs. letting a program (like iPhoto) do it. 1. You are not locked in to...

A 19th century treasure

One of my clients was describing “an old album” that she wanted me to scan. I was floored when I saw this. With her permission, I’m sharing it with you!  It’s leather embossed with an art nouveau pattern on the front and a gorgeous basketweave pattern on the back…I’ve...

Why should you scan your photos

I can’t remember how old I was when my grandma’s hot water tank sprung a leak. She lived in a small apartment, and the tank was in a closet. The same closet where she stored her family pictures. I also don’t know how many pictures were lost. She was so upset that she...

Photo envelope in Wonderland

Obviously the photographs are always the main draw, but I love seeing all of the ephemera that has been part of the consumer photography industry.  This is the front and back of a photo processing envelope in one of my client’s bins.  Curiouser and curiouser to...