Category
Family stories
Readers and staff on the pictures that ended up mattering most.
27 posts
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Bribery, games and other portrait techniques
An honest guide to getting a smile from a seven-year-old.
- Category: Kids and photos
- Tag: backups
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- Reading time: 5 min read
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Photographing toddlers who won’t stop moving
Give up on stillness and plan for movement instead.
- Category: Kids and photos
- Tag: albums
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- Reading time: 4 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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When the only copy is torn
Repairing damaged photos digitally, step by step.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: black and white
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- Reading time: 1 min read
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Your phone is not an archive
Why the camera roll is a terrible place to keep the pictures that matter.
- Category: Keeping and sharing
- Tag: autumn
- Published:
- Reading time: 6 min read
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Framing a single print well
Mounts, margins and hanging height.
- Category: Printing and paper
- Tag: gifts
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- Reading time: 6 min read
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Matte or gloss? It depends on the room
Light, reflections and where the book will live.
- Category: Printing and paper
- Tag: birthdays
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- Reading time: 3 min read
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Dad’s camera bag, opened at last
What we found in a bag nobody had unzipped since 1998.
- Category: Family stories
- Tag: autumn
- Published:
- Reading time: 1 min read
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He doesn’t remember the trip, but he remembers the book
On the strange way photos turn into memories for small children.
- Category: Family stories
- Tag: beach
- Published:
- Reading time: 4 min read
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Printing my mother’s last garden
A reader on photographing a garden through its final season.
- Category: Family stories
- Tag: albums
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- Reading time: 3 min read