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Picking photos
How to get from hundreds of photos to the handful worth printing.
26 posts
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A camera of their own
Choosing a first camera for a child, and what happened next.
- Category: Kids and photos
- Tag: mountains
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- Reading time: 2 min read
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Paper weight, in plain words
What gsm means and how heavy a page should feel.
- Category: Printing and paper
- Tag: pets
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- Reading time: 4 min read
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Let them hold the phone
What we learned when a four-year-old shot a week of our family book.
- Category: Kids and photos
- Tag: paper
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- Reading time: 1 min read
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Printing at home versus sending away
An honest comparison of cost, quality and effort.
- Category: Printing and paper
- Tag: candid
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- Reading time: 6 min read
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Teenagers and cameras: a truce
How to keep photographing kids who would rather you didn’t.
- Category: Kids and photos
- Tag: birthdays
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- Reading time: 2 min read
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Small prints, big effect
Why a tiny photo on a big page can feel more special.
- Category: Printing and paper
- Tag: covers
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- Reading time: 3 min read
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Shadows are part of the picture
Stop fighting dark corners and let them frame the light.
- Category: Light and composition
- Tag: backups
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- Reading time: 4 min read
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The photo you skipped is the one you’ll miss
Why the boring kitchen-table pictures end up being the ones families pore over.
- Category: Picking photos
- Tag: albums
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- Reading time: 4 min read
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Screenshots don’t belong in the book (mostly)
A short guide to the exceptions worth printing.
- Category: Picking photos
- Tag: cousins
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- Reading time: 1 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