Protect and Enjoy Your Photographic Memories by Jerry Hug, APSA - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Protect and Enjoy Your Photographic Memories

by Jerry Hug, APSA and Jim Bodkin

Saving the Memories

• Photographic Prints
• Photo Books
• Photographic Website
• Electronic Picture Frame
• Screen Saver

Photographic Prints:

Archival Photographic Prints are needed for future generations to know who we were!

Photographic Prints:

Will this photo be available in 20 years? Photographic Prints:

Document the Image:

Photographic Prints: What should we write on the back of the Photo? Basic Minimum:

• 1. Complete name of the person
• 2. Date of the photo

Additional information:

• 3. Location
• 4. Occasion

Making the Image:

Photographic Prints: What kind of paper? What kind of ink?

• Check on-line for what is available
• Check with other photographers for good service

providers

• If using Costco or other photo printers -

specify NO COLOR CORRECTION

Who are these people? (There is nothing on the back of this Photo) Photographic Prints:

Document the Image:

Photographic Prints: Large family photos? Get all of the names correct!

Photographic Prints: Carol & Jerry met 1956

Jerry’s Parents Photographic Prints:

Photographic Prints:

Photographic Prints:

Great-Great-Grandfather 1855 Tintype Photographic Prints:

Old B&W Print - Back

Saving Old Prints:

Photographic Prints: If Photo is in Too Bad Condition to Use as is!

Suggested workflow:

• 1. Photograph the image in COLOR
• 2. Over saturate the Colors for better separation
• 3. Convert to Grayscale
• 4. Increase the mid-tone contrast
• 5. Sharpen with good Artistic Rendering
• 6. Dodge and Burn for balance and emphasis

Improved using the suggested workflow (plus spot healing brush) Photographic Prints:

Important: We need to save our family histories for future generations!

Photographic Prints:

Photo Books:

A Great Way to Remember an Event:

Photo Books:

Many Benefits:

Photo Books:

• Multiple images all attached together
• Portable - easy to carry and share
• Can be grouped around an event or trip
• Can be arranged to tell a story
• Flexible size, formats and length
• Easily make multiple copies
• Good color rendition
• Easy to make, but better if planned
• Reasonable costs
• Multiple suppliers

Easy to make through Apple Photos:

Photo Books:

• 1. Select a format

Easy to make through Apple Photos:

Photo Books:

• 2. Select a theme

Easy to make through Apple Photos:

Photo Books:

• 3. Select group of photos, app will auto apply or manual

Many Providers: (offer different features)

Photo Books:

• Apple
• Shutterfly
• Snapfish
• Blurb
• Mpix
• Costco / Walgreens / Walmart / etc.

Around $1- $2 per page. Look for sales!

Price:

Photographic Website:

Photographic Website:

Your own presence on the Web

Photographic Website:

Benefits:

• Access from anywhere with internet connection
• Use any type of device - Mac / iPad / iPhone / PC
• Wildly flexible - folders / sub-folders / multiple trees
• Organize however you like
• Virtually unlimited number of photos
• Can share with anyone or make private
• Reasonable price
• Multiple suppliers

Photographic Website:

Easy to export through Apple Photos

• r Adobe Lightroom:

Many Providers: (offer different features)

• SmugMug
• Flickr
• Instagram
• Photobucket
• Shutterfly
• Snapfish
• Google Photos (fka Picassa)

From free to around $40-$60 per year, depends on amount stored and privacy concerns

Price:

Photographic Website:

Digital Picture Frame:

Easy to populate through Apple Photos:

Digital Picture Frame:

Many Benefits:

• Capacity only limited by SD card size
• Can be placed in frequented area
• Good color rendition
• Easy to assemble in Apple Photos
• Various sized from 7” to 15+”
• Reasonable costs $40 - $100
• Multiple suppliers

Digital Picture Frame:

Easy to load SD card from Apple Photos:

Digital Picture Frame:

Screen Saver:

Set your screen saver as a slide show:

Screen Saver:

Easy to configure from System Preferences:

Screen Saver:

These are five different ways to enjoy your photographs. Now, have fun and enjoy!

by Jerry Hug, APSA and Jim Bodkin