Monthly archive
September 2026
Everything we wrote in September 2026.
21 posts
Posts
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Holiday photos for people who hate holiday photos
Fewer landmarks, more people.
- Category: Trips and holidays
- Tag: albums
- Published:
- Reading time: 5 min read
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The small book that started it all
Our founder’s first handmade book, and what we changed since.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: matte
- Published:
- Reading time: 1 min read
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Scanning resolution, explained simply
How big a scan you need for the size you want to print.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: backups
- Published:
- Reading time: 5 min read
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Stop choosing between near-identical shots
Burst mode gives you twenty versions of one smile. Here is a quick way to pick one and move on.
- Category: Picking photos
- Tag: candid
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- Reading time: 1 min read
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Growing up in one doorway
A family who marked every birthday in the same frame.
- Category: Kids and photos
- Tag: grandparents
- Published:
- Reading time: 2 min read
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How we pick the photos for our own catalogue
We follow our own advice. Mostly.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: camping
- Published:
- Reading time: 6 min read
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Why your photo looks darker in print
Screens glow; paper doesn’t. How we correct for it.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: captions
- Published:
- Reading time: 1 min read
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Choosing a cover cloth
We tried dozens of fabrics before settling on the one we use now.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: albums
- Published:
- Reading time: 2 min read
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The messy-face rule
Why we never wipe faces before a photo any more.
- Category: Kids and photos
- Tag: scanning
- Published:
- Reading time: 2 min read
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Write on the back before it’s too late
Names, dates and places: the captions only one person still knows.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: candid
- Published:
- Reading time: 5 min read