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Telling Your Family’s Origin Stories
When you start putting together a collection of your family’s stories and photos, I want to challenge you to look way back – as far back as you can. My personal inspiration for digging into my family’s ancestry comes from the PBS show, “Finding Your Roots.”
Kitchen Story – The Perfectly Beautiful English Teapot
I have a confession. Not only are my ancestors nearly all English/Irish, but even before I had my DNA tested, I knew in my heart that I was a confirmed Anglophile. It should come as no surprise then, that the first time I visited London that (a) I felt right at home and (b) I was compelled to buy not one but 2 porcelain teapots.
Tech Support For Editing iPhone Saturation, Vibrance, Warmth & Tint
In previous videos and articles from our series on editing photos with your mobile devices, we have looked at using the phone’s editing suite of tools to do everything from cropping to making changes to the black point. In this tutorial, we are diving into making changes using the “Color Tools” – 4 settings that can really bring new life to your photos.
Celebrating the Vision of Pioneering American Black Women Photographers
In celebration of the 2022 Black History Month, I’ve been learning more about the pioneering Black woman photographers in our country. Read on to learn more about 3 women who made history in different ways. One was a family photographer, another was a photojournalist and the last was an artist and filmmaker.
Tech Support for Editing iPhone Contrast, Brightness and Black Point
The photo editors in smartphones have tools that help you fine tune both the light elements and the color elements in your photos. We have already taken a closer look and experimented with the first 3 of the light tools – Exposure, Highlights, and Shadows. Now let’s look at the other 3 light tools – Contrast, Brightness and Black Point.
Tech Support for Editing iPhone Highlights & Shadows
If you have been following along with our series of tips for editing photos on your iPhone (and Android), I hope that you are starting to build your confidence in your mobile photography skills. It’s a fact that when you know how you can change a photo post-shooting, you are freed up to truly enjoy the art of capturing the photo.