November is one of the best months of the year to engage with your photos. Once the holidays hit, it’s hard. Diving into your photos and memories in November is productive, gives you time to revisit and enjoy your memories, and best of all, gives you the opportunity to touch hearts this holiday season. Here are 6 ways you can prepare your photos and memories for the holidays.
Read MoreGraduation is an opportunity for parents, the graduate, family members, and friends to connect through their memories. While I love a picture board, my goal with photo displays is to not only display the photos, but to tell a story with them. Here are 8 ways I told my daughter’s story at her graduation party.
Read MoreCelebrations like graduation, a milestone birthday or anniversary, a retirement, a wedding, and a celebration of life are all occasions where we pull out old photos and memories to share and reminisce. I love a photo display, but I also love a keepsake, something tangible to have beyond the party, that can be enjoyed for years to come. One keepsake I like creating is a sign-in guest book customized with photos. Here are some tips for creating one.
Read MoreI wish I could record the comments that people make when we talk photos. Friends will flat-out tell me their photo mess is the worst I’ve ever seen. Others tell me how much they or their mother need me. Photos can be powerful and amazing, but they can also be a source of stress and guilt when people are afraid of losing photos, are overwhelmed by how many they have, or are paralyzed because they don’t know where to start. Here are some actions for relieving the stress and creating a healthy photo mindset.
Read MoreMy mission in this world is to help people find ways to bring joy into their lives on a daily basis through their photos and memories. The simpler the strategy, the better. Enter…the widget. What is a photo widget? Simply put, it allows you to display photos on your smartphone screen. They are easy and free. Here’s how you add them to your phone.
Read MoreAs a professional photo manager, I’m always on the lookout for new photo apps that will make my clients’ lives easier, as well as enhance their ability to enjoy and preserve their photos and memories. At the 2023 TPM Photo Manager’s conference, these 3 apps stood out. They aren’t perfect yet, but I’m excited about the possibilities.
Read MoreIn Fall of 2022, Apple released its latest Operating System, MacOS Ventura, along with iOS 16.1. With it, came a feature that many of my clients have been asking for, the iCloud Shared Photo Library. Before diving in, here are some of the things you should know.
Read MoreProtecting and accessing your photos and data is becoming more and more of a hot topic as we store more of our lives digitally. Ensuring that the people you love have access to your digital photos and memories when you pass on, and making sure that you have access to their memories, is important if you want those memories and your family’s legacy to live on.
Read MoreIt was dinnertime at the Corbid house when all 3 kids were still in the nest. At one point, during our normal conversation, I mentioned that we needed to schedule time to take pictures for the annual holiday card. I thought I would see a few eye rolls, then we’d set the date…conversation complete. I was wrong.
Read MoreMAYBE CHRISTMAS, HE THOUGHT, DOESN’T COME FROM A STORE. MAYBE CHRISTMAS, PERHAPS, MEANS A LITTLE BIT MORE. - THE GRINCH. My favorite things to give for the holidays come from the heart and give me an opportunity to build relationships with the people I love. Here are some of my favorites.
Read MoreI’ve gone on many vacations with my extended family and we all love to take pictures. There are 2 challenges when you want to share photos with a group from a trip. The first is finding the best way to share them. The second is sorting through and organizing what is likely multiple photos of the same person, place, or thing. Doing this efficiently can save you time and give everyone the opportunity to enjoy the memories that much more.
Read MoreHave you seen Hamilton? When I first saw it in Chicago, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I hadn’t listened to the music until the week before, so I felt like I was a little late to the party. What I didn’t expect was to walk away thinking about how this man and others chose to tell their story. We will all leave a legacy, whether we want to or not. How are you going to tell your story?
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