What to Do with Old Family Snapshots

Also in this issue:

• Tools for digitizing photos without a copy stand
• Tools for documenting your family tree for future generations
• Video on A7 III and A7R III
• ... and more!

What to do with Old Family Snapshots

Some genealogist friends tell me that interest in one’s ancestors comes about every three generations or so. Which means those old B&W snapshots piling up in your parents’ attic might be valuable if not to you, but most likely to your descendants one day.

#NaturePorn Part 2

Also in this issue: Follow up on...

• Image Search on Local Hard Drive
• Encryption to resolve the Privacy vs. FBI debate
• Constraint Theory
• Chocolate and Bacon

#NaturePorn - Epilogue

Back in March I had started a local debate about how much manipulation is too much.  On the one hand, over-processed images sell.  On the other hand, it's dishonest and can go a little too far on the continuum of snapshots and artwork.

For years I thought I had the right balance, but then a commercial software app made these kinds of over-the-top images embarrassingly easy - even those who have never taken the time to master Photoshop can crank out this level of work.  I could fill my website with crap like this, and possibly license more images.  But I wouldn't be proud of any of it.