The Evolution of the Camera
From the camera obscura to smart phone digital cameras, very few discoveries and inventions have had such a major impact on our lives. Recorded...
Intent with old photographs?
How you approach saving, organizing and restoring requires a plan, and the plan
must be formed with intent.
Scanning Old Photos
Trying to organize your old shoe...
Cleaning Old Family Photographs: Part 1
Do you have dirt spots or stains on Aunt Mary’s face? Mold keeping you from handling and digitizing your old family photographs? The first...
Remembering Christmas’ past
The holidays are a great time for remembering family’s, past and present. And so many of those memories are in old photos of Christmas’s...
Cleaning Old Family Photographs: Part 3
Cleaning the attic? Cleaning the basement? Cleaning the garage? Oh look! A box of old photos and old photo albums! We need to save...
Is simpler better in photography?
More blogs by Bob Walden
Cameras have gone from the
simple to the complex and...
Early Christmas Cards
From a simple Christmas greeting
It seems like Christmas cards have been around forever. However, the first Christmas card is credited to artist and illustrator...
Cleaning Old Family Photographs: Part 2
Part 1
So many family photos are just lying in boxes, plastic containers and stuck in albums. Stored in attics, basements and sometimes in garages!...
Country Schools
When One Room is no Longer Enough
The first public school in America is considered to be the Boston Latin School in 1635. Boston was...
The Lighter Side of Early Photography
The lighter side of early photography
Photography is the visual capture of time: the good times, bad times; the happy times, and sad times. All...