I was a guest. Settled, comfortable, relaxing on the couch, sipping my tea. Chatting with the others while we waited for the party demonstration to begin. That is when I saw it. A wall covered in framed family photos. Old, aged photos, alongside new and colourful portraits. Wedding photos, baby shots all with a story […]
A behind the scenes look at my craft….slideshows
I have had the honour of creating several slideshows and photo books for Father’s Day. Weaving together hundreds of photos, songs and words. Divulging stories, imparting messages from daughters, sons, grandchildren and wives in my own distinctive way. I rendezvoused with a close friend today. She had selected over sixty photos from her collection to […]
Creating Nostalgia and wrapping yourself in a big, cosy, wistful blanket
Nostalgia. The term nostalgia describes a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. Wikipedia Nostalgia is like wrapping myself in a big, cosy, wistful blanket. I was leaving work last week and stopped at the lights outside my old High School. As I sat there, the afternoon sun streaming in […]
How can we dive into the wealth of memories and emotion contained in our hard drives?
Its is estimated that we each take on average 20-50 photos per week, with this number increasing rapidly. Less than 20% of these photos are then shared on social media. Even less are printed. This means hundreds, even thousands photos are saved and unused each year. We are storing them everywhere, discs, hard drives, the […]
