Author
Tom Okafor
Tom shoots everything on a five-year-old phone and writes about getting good pictures without new gear.
19 posts
Posts
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Name the people while you still remember
A five-minute habit that future you will be grateful for.
- Category: Keeping and sharing
- Tag: camping
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- Reading time: 2 min read
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Live photos are hiding a better frame
How to pick the key frame your phone didn’t.
- Category: Phone photography
- Tag: gloss
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- Reading time: 6 min read
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Shoot the hands
Some of the best family photos have no faces in them at all.
- Category: Phone photography
- Tag: grandparents
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- Reading time: 1 min read
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The difference between a print and a picture
Paper changes how a photo feels. A short explanation.
- Category: Printing and paper
- Tag: restoration
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- Reading time: 1 min read
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Archival inks and how long prints last
Fading, light and what “archival” really promises.
- Category: Printing and paper
- Tag: first year
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- Reading time: 2 min read
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Who is the woman in the hat?
A reader’s search for a stranger in her grandmother’s photos.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: candid
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- Reading time: 3 min read
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Window light is the best lens you already own
Turn off the overhead light, move to the window, and watch your phone photos change.
- Category: Phone photography
- Tag: backups
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- Reading time: 6 min read
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Put the light behind you, then don’t
Front light is safe. Side light is where the shape of a face appears.
- Category: Light and composition
- Tag: albums
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- Reading time: 5 min read
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Leave room around the subject
A little empty space makes a picture easier to print and nicer to look at.
- Category: Light and composition
- Tag: cloud storage
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- 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
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- Reading time: 2 min read