Happy Father’s Day

In honor of Father’s Day, how about remembering a lesson your dad taught you? There were lots of lessons my dad tried to teach me. One of those lessons was how to take a hook out of a fish. That didn’t go well as a kid. But when I had my own child, I had...

Facebook and How Apps Others Use Affect You

I was doing further research this morning about Facebook deleting secret photos.  The keyword here is secret, and believe this is if you have turned on syncing with your mobile device. Anyway, what really caught my eye was something I had not seen before.  You know...

Tip #1: Re-Saving JPG’s

How about seeing quick tips for your photos, videos or other memorabilia?  Today, I’ll start a series of weekly tips…well, hopefully weekly. Our first tip: Re-Saving JPG’s Meaning, don’t open a jpg image, edit it, then save it again.  Each time...

Picasa Transitioning to Google (Part 2)

Took me a little longer to get back to this; but as promised, the following is some information on how to move your photos from Picasa/Google Photos. Staying with Google Photos? Remember (Refer to Part 1 for last week’s article), if you are perfectly fine with...

Family Recipe Photo Book

Do you find yourself or other family members asking for Grandma’s wacky cake recipe?  How about creating a Family Recipe Photo Book?  Not only sharing recipes, but adding photos and stories with those family favorites. I love food.  I’m the first to admit...

Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Celebrating Father’s Day Recently I’ve had the opportunity to work on several special projects honoring those that are, or have served in the military.  The projects involved either restoring or retouching photographs.  While another project involved...

Picasa transitioning to Google Photos (Part 1)

If you haven’t heard the news, Google announced on February 12th that they will begin the transition to Google Photos over the next few months.  If you are utilizing Picasa (desktop or web), I’ve outlined a timeline along with information if you choose to...

Warning to those with Seagate Hard drives

Published today from Petapixel is a warning regarding bad hard drives from Seagate. Seagate was hit with a class action lawsuit today by consumers who claim that the company’s hard drives “failed to live up to the advertised promises” by failing and causing the loss...

An opportunity with Giclée Printing

Before I tell you my story…If you are not sure what giclée is; Giclée (pronounced “zhee clay”) printing is a process that uses fade-resistant, archival inks and archival substrates to print on large format printers.  Giclée printing is often used by...

Alternative to Canvas Wraps

So for Christmas I decided to do something different since we have our first grandchild.  This combined my interest for fine art photography printing and crafts.  This is an alternative to canvas wraps and something that is even more custom. The end result involved...