tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62641370913899152842023-11-16T11:18:48.600-05:00Save the Pictures!Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-70190562274164868282015-12-21T11:56:00.000-05:002015-12-28T09:55:38.580-05:0012 Days of Christmas crafty ideas<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a handy summary of crafty ideas on the CM blog this month. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm so excited about all these pretty papers and ideas, I'm going to order the Christmas Joy <a href="http://www.creativememories.com/whats-new/christmas-joy-paper-pack.html" target="_blank">paper</a> and <a href="http://www.creativememories.com/whats-new/christmas-joy-stickers.html" target="_blank">stickers</a> so I can play on cold winter days!</span><br />
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A</span><span style="font-size: large;">dvent: </span><a href="http://ow.ly/Vp1h8" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><span id="goog_104634077"></span>Advent calendar ideas </span><span id="goog_104634078"></span></a><span style="font-size: large;">and how to make Christmas crackers: ow.ly/Vp1h8</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 1 – <a href="http://blog.creativememories.com/2015/12/01/12-days-of-christmas-ideas-day-1-scrappin-with-your-scraps/" target="_blank">Scrappin' with your Scraps</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 2 – <a href="http://ow.ly/VpqLv" target="_blank">Santa gift card holder</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 3 – <a href="http://ow.ly/VuKrd" target="_blank">Mini photo album</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 4 – <a href="http://ow.ly/VzgS7" target="_blank">Christmas easel card</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 5 – <a href="http://ow.ly/VzhZx" target="_blank">Using punches</a> (with cookie layout) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 6 – <a href="http://ow.ly/Vzj65" target="_blank">More ideas for using punches</a> (layered snowflake) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 7 – <a href="http://ow.ly/VC2F3" target="_blank">Star-punch page layout</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 8 – <a href="http://ow.ly/VDYUh" target="_blank">Circles and Ovals</a> (layered snowman) ideas and blog hop</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 9 – <a href="http://ow.ly/VFEro" target="_blank">Christmas cards</a>! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 10 – <a href="http://ow.ly/VLbYI" target="_blank">Easy, beautiful 2-page scrapbook layouts</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 11 – <a href="http://ow.ly/VNGio" target="_blank">Sweet Treats</a>! Treat bags, including elf legs</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 12 – <a href="http://ow.ly/VNGGz" target="_blank">Music-themed scrapbook page layout</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to Creative Memories and many crafty advisors for these great ideas! If you decide to order any CM supplies, please remember to select Elizabeth Saunders as your advisor before completing your order. </span><br />
<br />Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-4934181904086543742015-11-07T11:19:00.000-05:002015-12-21T11:58:47.910-05:00Taking pictures across the country<span style="font-size: large;">Just a quick note to let you know I'm back from my dream trip: to drive across the country and see the Grand Canyon, visiting friends and family along the way. Of course, I took hundreds of photos! You can read more about the trip at <a href="http://elizabethsaunders.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Travels with Books</a>.</span><br />
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<br />Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-6452045036372636902015-08-27T20:28:00.000-04:002015-08-27T20:28:49.527-04:00Back up your photos in 4 easy steps<div>
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Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-44861340408147180542015-08-01T11:33:00.000-04:002015-08-01T11:33:00.042-04:00So, you think you have too many photos? — part 2<div>
I miss Marge. Not only was she a cousin, customer, and friend, she was an inspiration. </div>
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In the <a href="http://savethepictures.blogspot.com/2015/07/so-you-think-you-have-too-many-photos_17.html">last post</a>, I mentioned a friend who was discouraged by plastic tubs full of photos, and showed my shelf of Daddy's negatives and my own photos. Then I showed off my shelf of completed albums and gave out guidelines on where to start when you're overwhelmed. Today I want to share a success story from a customer (who passed away earlier this year). Maybe she'll inspire you, too!</div>
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We think <i>we</i> have too many photos. Marge was a professional photographer in her younger days. Then she became a flight attendant, married a pilot, had children, and travelled the world with her young family. She had collected some photos for herself in those old albums and her daughter is an avid scrapbooker. Her son, however, didn't have those mementos. Now a great-grandmother with poor health and arthritic hands, she decided to make an album for her son and called on me to help. </div>
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My first night on the project, I found Marge with a slide projector and reels of slides. There were flowers, streets, and buildings galore. Remember those old family slide shows? *yawn* When I asked how many we'd have to go through, she pointed to the hall. "There's a closet full." We were overwhelmed.</div>
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Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-46024518200976976052015-07-17T10:40:00.001-04:002015-07-17T10:41:48.767-04:00So, you think you have too many photos? — part 1The most common problem I hear from my customers and friends is they have too many photos.<br />
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Ann (not her real name) said, "But Beth, I have stacks of those big rubber tubs, and they are just <i>full</i> of pictures! I'll never get it all done!"<br />
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I've got a news flash for you. Just like other things in your life, you'll never get it <i>all</i> done. We have limited time on this earth. The best we can do is <i>finish what's most important</i>.<br />
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I have a lot of photos. I took very few when I was younger, then more as I traveled and became the documenter of family events. Between journalism work and getting my own digital camera in 2010, the number of pictures on my computer exploded. Now I'm not competing with anybody about feeling overwhelmend, but there's more! My dad was a professional photographer and I've inherited wonderful negatives and slides, mostly from the 1950s. (Here's a <a href="http://www.atnonline.net/news/x110773700/Pictures-of-my-dad" target="_blank">wonderful article</a> my sister wrote about Daddy.) As the family genealogist, I've also been entrusted with pictures that date from the 19th century. What does this mean? (besides lots of fun as I look through them) It means I have a backlog of pictures that's older than I am!<br />
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Thinking about all your pictures is overwhelming. Instead, focus on one of three things:<br />
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Read how Jenny used a pre-decorated <a href="http://www.creativememories.com/shop-all/fast2fab/fast2fab-albums.html" target="_blank">Fast2Fab Album</a> and slide-in <a href="http://savethepictures.blogspot.com/2015/03/review-slide-in-pocket-pages.html" target="_blank">pocket pages</a> to scrapbook her wedding album, including all the extra pictures she wanted to use, in just a few hours — on the <a href="http://www.creativememories.com/fast2fab-albums-the-key-to-album-completion" target="_blank">CM blog</a>. </div>
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I just recommended a Fast2Fab album for a friend to take to her mother's birthday celebration. She plans to have her mother's friends and family bring pictures and write notes. With the pre-decorated album and tape runner, she can put it all together right there at the party!<br />
<br />Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-7523467636989246402015-03-20T10:33:00.001-04:002015-03-21T20:18:00.000-04:00Review: Slide-in pocket pagesSlide-in pocket pages are a great way to catch up on a pile of photos. I was excited about the new CM <a href="http://www.creativememories.com/shop-all/pages-protectors/pocket-pages.html" target="_blank">Multi-Pocket Pages</a> for 12x12 because I'd used the Picfolio Milestones album (11x14) in the past and found it an easy way to catch up on photos, but I wanted to mix pocket pages with traditional scrapbooking pages in my 12x12 albums.<br />
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Overall, I like the new pages and intend to use them again ... and again. It's a great way to scrap a pile of pictures in an hour or two. But I did note some differences and tips to keep in mind.<br />
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Because the pages are clear (Picfolio had a blank tan background), a cropped picture will show the <i>back</i> of the picture or paper on the other side. To fix this, use paper from one of the <a href="http://www.creativememories.com/shop-all/decorative/slide-in-packs.html" target="_blank">Slide-in Packs</a> behind the photo (<a href="http://www.creativememories.com/shop-all/decorative/slide-in-packs/change-of-latitude-slide-in-pack.html" target="_blank">Change in Latitude</a> paper shown here).<br />
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You can also use the papers for journaling and to fill in extra slots.<br />
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If you have the old Milestones paper packs, or photo mats from previous paper packs, simply trim the larger papers down to 4x6 inches (as I did for the page at the top of this article).<br />
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With pockets on just one side (which keeps pages thinner so you can fit more in your album), you don't have room to stash extra pictures — you know, the duplicates, or the ones that turned out a little blurry (am I the only one who does this?).<br />
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Tip: if the pocket is getting too tight, say, with two pictures and two slide-in papers or with one "stashed" picture, trim one or two items just a little less than 4x6. They'll slide in easier.<br />
<br />Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-1173693810424611292015-01-19T20:44:00.002-05:002015-03-25T11:57:03.069-04:00Where do you print your photos?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8e8F3GCF8zxVF1-t02ZlBCjAcKqeSdD3nHpyUS6qRWdXtsxsC731JSfqXukYBnHi2jmildxZUC5k51Y3Y3QV8Yd3xQz8aemuxULtp9-oail8Y6bDDeUcJAlF27PDikER6TFUg6pg4OZPm/s1600/102_0406.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8e8F3GCF8zxVF1-t02ZlBCjAcKqeSdD3nHpyUS6qRWdXtsxsC731JSfqXukYBnHi2jmildxZUC5k51Y3Y3QV8Yd3xQz8aemuxULtp9-oail8Y6bDDeUcJAlF27PDikER6TFUg6pg4OZPm/s1600/102_0406.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a>I've been using <a href="https://swanphotolabsviewer.photofinale.com/" target="_blank">Swan Photo Labs</a> to print photos by mail. They have great quality but, unfortunately, no bulk discounts so they can be pricey. Another great thing about Swan is they still process film — lots of different kinds of film.<br />
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Over the past year I've tried local shops — Walgreens and CVS — but I'm not impressed with the quality. The pictures look like I printed them at home, or maybe not that good.<br />
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Here's a review of <a href="http://photo-sharing-websites.no1reviews.com/online-photo-albums.html" target="_blank">10 online photo services</a> (It's a little dated; Kodak Gallery is now run by Shutterfly). I'd like to find the following:<br />
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What do you use, and why do you like it?Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-7382698739842219832014-12-22T20:14:00.003-05:002014-12-22T20:14:24.142-05:00Reminisce for Christmas photosI love the Reminisce theme that came out a few years ago, starting with a genealogy pack and going through the holidays. This week, you can get those beautiful Christmas additions <b>free</b> with any order!<br />
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CM AdvisorElizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-68445911136168143912011-03-27T22:37:00.000-04:002015-03-23T11:52:02.157-04:00Photographers' Marks (Photographic Puzzles, part 2)Last week I offered some tips that have helped me <a href="http://elizabethsaunders.blogspot.com/2011/03/solving-photographic-puzzles.html">identify old photos</a>. As promised, I want to share a success story.<br /><br />Mr. Y e-mailed me several photos from his family collection that had no identification, including this family group. He knew which branch of the family they came from, and that they had lived in Wilson, N.C. He suspected this was a picture of his great-grandparents. Mr. Y had started with genealogical research, including census records, to get the names and ages of children in the family. He asked if I could come up with any more clues.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PjmD5iRbVeTNxqIugungyZ-efmwFAyaPci1hcd6Fnh2td5vK8LgMXS1aB9JYy8UYwNqzFptyOwBzfzXXHJafRAZAo7LsOGL4VDVMG1L6llcDnuwjUqRhyWIqDgrOeNSs3qY0AnK2wzI/s1600/Unproven...+maybe+Claiborn+Perry+and+Zilphia+Smith+and+kids.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PjmD5iRbVeTNxqIugungyZ-efmwFAyaPci1hcd6Fnh2td5vK8LgMXS1aB9JYy8UYwNqzFptyOwBzfzXXHJafRAZAo7LsOGL4VDVMG1L6llcDnuwjUqRhyWIqDgrOeNSs3qY0AnK2wzI/s400/Unproven...+maybe+Claiborn+Perry+and+Zilphia+Smith+and+kids.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos courtesy of the Yarborough family</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I wasn't sure if I could help, at first. I thought the boy in the back looked like he was wearing a military cape, but I'm not an expert at clothing clues and I didn't want to steer anybody wrong. I finally decided I would just look up the photographers' marks and not spend too much time on this lovely puzzle.<br /><br />The names on the left were a little hard to read from the scan, but I picked out "Engle." I didn't expect to find him in my <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Photographers-in-North-Carolina/Stephen-E-Massengill/e/9780865263116/?itm=1&USRI=photographers+in+north+carolina">Photographers in North Carolina</a> book because of the Philadelphia mark, but I looked for him anyway — and got lucky.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-PfbblH3i5kTDyQLzslNC2uMW1ZAdfxxKxInD21JyUBiEdXA5EnEX-KbHhm3rYd9hF_8rSwzq9TP3JMII11w8wpOb0X3rymDVNekdwcQDiSkx2PH06b6aP39EWYz9exGUw4eb8sZB70/s1600/Photogs+marks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="67" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-PfbblH3i5kTDyQLzslNC2uMW1ZAdfxxKxInD21JyUBiEdXA5EnEX-KbHhm3rYd9hF_8rSwzq9TP3JMII11w8wpOb0X3rymDVNekdwcQDiSkx2PH06b6aP39EWYz9exGUw4eb8sZB70/s400/Photogs+marks.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Apparently John F. Engle had a long, illustrious career, making photographs all around the country, including Philadelphia. He did spend some time in North Carolina, and worked with a man named Lund. Look closely: Lund is the name beneath Engle on the mark. And in the center is an elaborate E and L.<br /><br />I looked up the other name. Viggo Lund worked with Engle in 1897 on Nash Street in Wilson. They worked together other years in Elizabeth City, but since this family branch lived in Wilson, the time they had a studio there would be a good assumption.<br /><br />Most of the photographers in the book worked in certain areas for several years or even decades. But these two men worked together in that town just one year. Amazingly, that narrowed down the photograph to 1897.<br /><br />According to Mr. Y's research and more recent photos, the young man with the mustache is probably his great-grandfather, Bud Perry. The older couple are his step-father and mother, Claiborn Perry and Zilphia Smith, who had five children at home in 1900. In 1897, the two boys would have been about 12 and 15, and the three girls age 9, 7 and 3. Bud, 20, got married in December of that year.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fbBA1bswFFnBaLLxY6C2qmmJIwrZ8WHshe6V0NHeMsY8e7L_ADvbceidnRnOX6cW2FYVFuuYp5lqD-2hasUVf5pq7xQWHEprfe6b_lrs-iNa360-ro6wiACpU_bo6o4UjPo8x2eMub0/s1600/Unproven...+maybe+Weston+Perry+and+wife+Willie.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fbBA1bswFFnBaLLxY6C2qmmJIwrZ8WHshe6V0NHeMsY8e7L_ADvbceidnRnOX6cW2FYVFuuYp5lqD-2hasUVf5pq7xQWHEprfe6b_lrs-iNa360-ro6wiACpU_bo6o4UjPo8x2eMub0/s320/Unproven...+maybe+Weston+Perry+and+wife+Willie.JPG" width="232" /></a></div>This cabinet card appears to be the boy on the right in the family photo, Weston Perry. The couple's youth and prominent display of rings suggest a wedding photo. Francis Marion Winstead was a photographer from 1880 to ca. 1908. This picture was probably taken between 1898 and 1908, when Winstead returned to Wilson and worked without a partner, because only his name appears on the frame. Those dates also fit the likelihood that Weston would not have been married yet in the 1897 picture (at age 15). <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9e6NCALK1TZILYqNNpviNS0LonE6SqOhv4gzuIdZqWKSgGWtvYTOUMDzOJtZhPq6HjPmI_OVXqwOhY6X9ub_XtWDO0q65i3IjWD5POeIoqHn2C0ZYRg1ZknisYeY4K3H_xplDoXgm0Q/s1600/Unproven+pmark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9e6NCALK1TZILYqNNpviNS0LonE6SqOhv4gzuIdZqWKSgGWtvYTOUMDzOJtZhPq6HjPmI_OVXqwOhY6X9ub_XtWDO0q65i3IjWD5POeIoqHn2C0ZYRg1ZknisYeY4K3H_xplDoXgm0Q/s320/Unproven+pmark.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosC8cDT5cqikapLZn0Id0tD5dzd8cetgXZlsUCuvv73Faz4OuZVm6_SYAq-CGOvzkUBNSj6JqGj3s4n_WjaDyDIHohyphenhyphen1rIhmiD6hoD0Uj3vz8GVpdcSuHY_dzW7vyq7m_47B1CEeneh4/s1600/Unknown+III+perhaps+Willie+Ann.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosC8cDT5cqikapLZn0Id0tD5dzd8cetgXZlsUCuvv73Faz4OuZVm6_SYAq-CGOvzkUBNSj6JqGj3s4n_WjaDyDIHohyphenhyphen1rIhmiD6hoD0Uj3vz8GVpdcSuHY_dzW7vyq7m_47B1CEeneh4/s320/Unknown+III+perhaps+Willie+Ann.JPG" width="211" /></a></div><br />This lovely young lady also posed for Francis Marion Winstead. Upon closeup comparison of her face with the two dark-headed girls in the family portrait, I think she is the little girl on the right. That puts this photo toward the latter part of the 1898-1908 window.<br /><br />Mr. Y is hot on the trail of his ancestors, armed with a few more clues. And once again I'm glad I invested in a good reference book that provides such useful information. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-28790276059038558772011-03-20T21:37:00.000-04:002015-03-23T11:52:02.152-04:00Solving photographic puzzlesLast year when I spoke at the High Point Library about preserving old photographs, I mentioned how I had identified some 19th and early 20th-century family photos that weren't labeled.<br /><br />1. <b>Learn to recognize faces</b>. After looking at many different pictures, I learned to recognize my great-grandfather, his mother, and his uncle, even when they were very young or very old.<br /><br />2. <b>Compare frames</b>. As I recognized my g-g-g-uncle in one photograph with a white, textured paper frame, I remembered that one of my unidentified pictures had that same kind of textured frame. That connected the person to my uncle, probably from the same sitting for a photographer. After comparing the faces with other pictures, I realized this was his youngest son, but much older than in any of his other pictures.<br /><br />3. <b>Use genealogical research to fill in other people</b>. In a five-generation photo, I knew everybody except the little boy. I found out that the young lady in the photo only had one son and he was her first child (which would make a family want to pose for a 5-gen photo). A more mysterious photo had my young g-grandfather with a young woman, who looked nothing like my g-grandmother. Paw was an only child, so who could she be? After extensive research, I realized that he grew up in the same household with his aunt - they were one year apart. I concluded that they must have been like brother and sister, and therefore posed for a portrait together.<br /><br />4. <b>Look for clothing clues</b>. I'm very much an amateur in this area, but <a href="http://www.maureentaylor.com/">Maureen Taylor</a> is an expert. I enjoy reading <a href="http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/photodetectiveblog/">her blog</a> about how she solves photo mysteries.<br /><br />5. <b>Use the type of photograph</b> (daguerreotype, tintype, paper, etc.) to narrow down the timeframe when it was taken. <br /><br />6. <b>Use photographers' marks</b> to further narrow in on the year and possibly the location of the photo.<br /><br /><br />One of the people who came to my class at the library recently sent me a photographic puzzle, and step no. 6 turned out to be a huge clue. I'll tell you more about it in the coming week.Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-18503218029344362172011-02-18T13:06:00.000-05:002015-06-30T09:09:15.557-04:00Friday Freebies - An overdose of sweetsLet's catch up on the Valentine's freebies from Creative Memories! I like the barcodes. Can't you just picture this "Sweet" label on your sweetie-pie? Click <a href="http://savethepictures.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-note-about-digital-feebies.html" target="_blank">here</a> to get the link for high-resolution downloads.<br />
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Click <a href="http://savethepictures.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-note-about-digital-feebies.html" target="_blank">here</a> for the "Loved" barcode, frame and other images.<br />
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Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-13107694929162365702011-01-28T19:28:00.000-05:002015-06-30T09:10:21.988-04:00Friday Freebies: "Knit with Love" and more snowEvery family should have somebody who knits, or crochets, or somehow makes things nice and warm and filled with love. Click <a href="http://savethepictures.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-note-about-digital-feebies.html" target="_blank">here</a> to download this week's digital freebies.<br />
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Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-4258756749844924192011-01-14T08:29:00.000-05:002011-01-14T08:29:18.646-05:00Friday Freebies - Snow!A cup of hot chocolate, tag, buttons and SNOW! Around here, we've been having more than our usual amount of the white stuff, topped with ice. But it makes for extra time at home to play with our pictures! Click <a href="http://projectcenter.creativememories.com/digital/2011/01/freebie-friday-january-2011-week-2.html">here</a> to download this week's digital freebies.<br />
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Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-56437770853198435002010-12-17T05:46:00.001-05:002015-06-30T09:12:43.353-04:00Friday Freebies - Heritage layouts<h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;">
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Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-50646902590968123392010-12-07T13:05:00.000-05:002015-06-30T09:13:57.033-04:00Tuesday Tips - 12 Days of Christmas projects<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_6_3jelqxL9hF_cACRIiUAOp0wpFaLKA-kKbNgMV_dv0k2KY5zwlWKf-FCnlS6mh6qcHq9Eg99MIet5I8bT_WqFG_5pIXwMuUGf_7myfLruNLOB8l_s6-2mdhVc9QddS6-U1WY2Q0WQg1/s1600/6a00e54f77ee1388340147e0513246970b-350wi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_6_3jelqxL9hF_cACRIiUAOp0wpFaLKA-kKbNgMV_dv0k2KY5zwlWKf-FCnlS6mh6qcHq9Eg99MIet5I8bT_WqFG_5pIXwMuUGf_7myfLruNLOB8l_s6-2mdhVc9QddS6-U1WY2Q0WQg1/s200/6a00e54f77ee1388340147e0513246970b-350wi.jpg" width="121" /></a>Check out the 12 Days of Christmas project ideas at the <a href="http://savethepictures.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-note-about-digital-feebies.html" target="_blank">CM project center</a>! Note: The link takes you to the project center page so you can see all of the ideas. This cute little tree is under December 7.Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-84770029875461285592010-11-19T09:57:00.000-05:002015-06-30T09:14:27.989-04:00Friday Freebie - Heroes and LaceThis week's Friday Freebies from Creative Memories include a beautiful Reminisce lace border and a title that you can use to pay tribute to unsung heroes in your life. There's also a yard line for football fans, and a doodle border. Click <a href="http://savethepictures.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-note-about-digital-feebies.html" target="_blank">here</a> to go to the CM project center and download these freebies.<br />
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Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-46842569531332078732010-11-13T07:36:00.002-05:002015-06-30T09:14:49.337-04:00Friday Freebie - ThankfulA nice title for your Thanksgiving pages - click <a href="http://savethepictures.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-note-about-digital-feebies.html" target="_blank">here</a> for more instructions and high-resolution download.<br />
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Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-9993722467402502422010-11-04T11:34:00.000-04:002010-11-04T11:34:33.648-04:00The perfect place for camera trialsA friend of mine told me that the worst time to buy a new camera is right before a trip. As I mentioned in my last <a href="http://savethepictures.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-camera.html">post</a>, my new Kodak did not come with an ideal instruction manual. I suppose the ideal photographer would mash every button and figure out every mode by taking photos of something in the backyard. But I had the unprecedented opportunity (after a few days of practice) to figure out my camera on the space shuttle Discovery, at the launch pad during a press photo session. The good photos (from many attempts) are <a href="http://elizabethsaunders.blogspot.com/2010/11/discovery.html">here</a> on my travel blog.<br />
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Admittedly, I just couldn't work the manual modes, partly because I needed a flashlight to see the switches and dials. We were out there quite a while, and I tried several of the other modes (P - programmed usually worked the best). I also could have used a tripod. But the photos still turned out nicely.<br />
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So, practice would have helped me find the switches in the dark, but I don't think I could have imagined the exact conditions of trying to shoot photos of a large, brightly lit shuttle, at night.<br />
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On a side note, I didn't know they still made large format cameras! One man was using one, complete with black curtain over his head. It was modern, not an antique.Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-338745179528371022010-11-03T16:20:00.003-04:002010-11-03T16:22:24.041-04:00New camera!After two years of shopping, I had to pick a camera in a hurry before my trip. But I finally have a digital camera! I knew I wanted a "bridge" camera — that's one of those cameras with a zoom lens, automatic and manual capabilities, that's between the expensive DSLRs and the pocket cameras. It also had to be both Mac and Windows compatible.<br />
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So far, I really like my Kodak Z981. The lens is great, with a 26x optical zoom. So it goes from this wide-angle shot...<br />
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(taken with my hands, no tripod)<br />
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The manual only has the basics. I don't like the way camera manufacturer's are always wanting you to go to a website to get any instructions these days. What if I'm some place without internet — say, on the beach?<br />
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So I had to have help from another photographer as we finally figured out how to make the flash pop up (you set it to P for program mode and turn the force-flash on, as opposed to automatic mode).<br />
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I didn't think I would care about face recognition, but that has been great. I can now center a photo with two people in it, and it will focus on the people instead of the distant spot in between them. That's nice.<br />
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I hate, hate, HATE the EasyShare software. Although the camera was supposed to be Mac compatible, it won't mount on the desktop (one of the reasons I didn't choose a Nikon, same problem). You're forced to use the EasyShare, which didn't work last night when I needed to post a photo for my news article (so I sent it in without a photo; deadlines won't wait for stupid software).<br />
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I got around the download glitch by letting the software default to automatic download when you plug the camera in. These folks don't understand that Mac people hate automatically launched things; we like to have a little more control, and choice. <br />
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OK, so that's my quicky review for having used my new Kodak about four days.Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-81677902635996811672010-10-26T08:02:00.000-04:002010-10-26T08:02:00.279-04:00Tuesday Tips - External hard driveToday's tip is a bit technical, but I'll try and keep it short. I want to share a lesson learned about using an external hard drive with <a href="http://www.mycmsite.com/sites/bethsaunders/catalog-index?event=productdetails&eventId=1467&productGroupId=&categoryId=268&categoryIdParm=%7C256%7C268%7C&pageTitle=Memory+Manager+3.0+Download&relatedItem=N&qtyOrdered=&productId=&itemSku=&act=&selectedCategory=-2147483648">Memory Manager</a>. <br />
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Most people already know that photos take up a lot of space on the computer. Those of us who want our photos organized and all in one place usually end up getting an external hard drive. I keep my programs - Memory Manager and Storybook Creator - on my C drive (inside my laptop computer) and store the image files, Storybook projects and templates on my F drive (external hard drive-EHD).<br />
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The problem I ran into is that my Seagate EHD has an automatic backup program. That sounded good to me, let it automatically back up everything on my computer and everything will be good, right? But most of my photos were not on my C drive, they were on the EHD. So when the EHD backed up (copied) the C drive - the photos disappeared.<br />
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I solved the problem by "explaining" to Memory Manager where to find my files. MM had been looking for photos in the Backup folder on the EHD (which has a copy of the program and some older files I hadn't cleaned out). I had to go to the main menu (click on the little vault in the upper left corner) and change the settings to browse to the separate folder I had created on the EHD to keep all my photos in.<br />
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Since my C drive doesn't have enough space for all my photos, the EHD is my main storage, not a backup. I back up the files on a DVD disk.Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264137091389915284.post-45648972024968343362010-10-22T23:39:00.000-04:002015-06-30T09:15:35.451-04:00Digital work and freebiesI've been working on a Storybook for a client about a retirement party. It's a fun job, but I underestimated the time, especially since I'm recuperating from an injured shoulder and haven't been able to get on a roll. I had hoped to finish it by this weekend, but I'll have to shoot for next week.<br />
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In case you've missed getting Friday Freebies every week, CM has changed their format. They still offer digital freebies, but I'm being selective and just posting my favorites on the blog. You can always browse the selections for yourself <a href="http://savethepictures.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-note-about-digital-feebies.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Croptoberfest is tomorrow! I can't wait to get into some (traditional) album pages. I'm also looking forward to seeing my customer/friends. It seems like forever since we got together. Let the music, chocolate and tape runners roll!Elizabeth Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616212913975457786noreply@blogger.com0