Monthly archive
August 2026
Everything we wrote in August 2026.
15 posts
Posts
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Pick the cover last
Choosing a cover first makes every other choice harder. Leave it until the month has a shape.
- Category: Picking photos
- Tag: birthdays
- Published:
- Reading time: 3 min read
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A shelf, not a hard drive
Making printed books part of the room instead of a box in the loft.
- Category: Keeping and sharing
- Tag: birthdays
- Published:
- Reading time: 3 min read
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The family photo group chat, tamed
How to stop the best pictures disappearing under a hundred replies.
- Category: Keeping and sharing
- Tag: backups
- Published:
- Reading time: 2 min read
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The book we made for the new baby’s grandparents
Why the first month’s book went to the people who lived furthest away.
- Category: Family stories
- Tag: new baby
- Published:
- Reading time: 6 min read
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Siblings who won’t stand together
Ways to photograph brothers and sisters that don’t end in tears.
- Category: Kids and photos
- Tag: restoration
- Published:
- Reading time: 4 min read
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What to do with photos of people who are gone
Gently sorting the pictures that are hardest to look at.
- Category: Keeping and sharing
- Tag: backups
- Published:
- Reading time: 3 min read
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A year of Tuesdays
One family photographed the same ordinary day of the week for a whole year.
- Category: Family stories
- Tag: beach
- Published:
- Reading time: 1 min read
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Old and new on the same page
Mixing a grandparent’s childhood photos with today’s.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: autumn
- Published:
- Reading time: 2 min read
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Slides, negatives and the box in the loft
What each format needs and where to start.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: gifts
- Published:
- Reading time: 6 min read