Photo stories & family myths

Photo stories & family myths

Do you ever notice how photographs often lead to the telling of a story? The action of showing someone a photograph almost always starts off a story not just about whatever is evident in the picture, but also what else had happened that day, who was there (and maybe...
imagination

imagination

Oh man, scanning vacation photos from visits to Florida in the 80s/early 90s–I never had a picture of this myself but it was one of my favorite places! Post...
Touring Kenya in the 1970s

Touring Kenya in the 1970s

Recently I was contacted by someone who was in the process of moving from her long-time home to an assisted living facility. She said she had 15 slide carousels from several trips to Kenya that she wouldn’t have space for in the new apartment. She didn’t use a...
Gasparilla’s Golden Jubilee

Gasparilla’s Golden Jubilee

A couple of years ago I met with a friend’s elderly father who had no fewer than 3 generations of photos (spanning more than 100 years) that needed attention. He seemed doubtful that anyone had any interest in the photos but himself! But as soon as we started...
Photo Scanning Mobile Apps – Are They Any Good?

Photo Scanning Mobile Apps – Are They Any Good?

It wasn’t too long ago that digitizing your printed photos required a lot of technical knowledge and expensive equipment. That is no longer the case. Among the most accessible of new ways to digitize are apps for your smartphone or tablet that turn your built-in...
Summer 1914

Summer 1914

I’ve been writing and posting a lot of words lately, and I need a break! So here’s a post that’s just photos (because that’s what it’s all about anyway). I acquired these snapshots last year—all from 1914, developed in Atlanta. I love it...