Photovation http://photovation.com Printed and Digital Photo Organizing - Sharing Stories and Building Memories Fri, 17 May 2013 20:03:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Four steps to prepare your VHS tapes for transfer to DVD http://photovation.com/1207/four-steps-to-prepare-your-vhs-tapes-for-transfer-to-dvd/ http://photovation.com/1207/four-steps-to-prepare-your-vhs-tapes-for-transfer-to-dvd/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 19:59:04 +0000 Rita http://photovation.com/?p=1207 The other day a wonderful woman contacted me. She shared some fabulous stories about producing musical performances in the ballroom at The Benson Hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon. Fifteen years had passed too quickly and she was missing the music and the familiar faces of her past.  She was concerned about the quality of her [...]

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]]> http://photovation.com/1207/four-steps-to-prepare-your-vhs-tapes-for-transfer-to-dvd/feed/ 2 5 Steps for Organizing Your Printed Photo Collection http://photovation.com/1147/5-steps-for-organizing-your-printed-photo-collection/ http://photovation.com/1147/5-steps-for-organizing-your-printed-photo-collection/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 19:03:02 +0000 Rita http://photovation.com/?p=1147 Sometimes in business we find that we are our own clients. Just because I am a photo organizer does not mean my photos are perfectly sorted, organized, and backed-up. Nor does it mean that how I manage my photos is a perfect solution for my clients. However, I have found that taking these steps is [...]

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]]> http://photovation.com/1147/5-steps-for-organizing-your-printed-photo-collection/feed/ 6 Photographers’ Rights – Just in case you were wondering! http://photovation.com/1119/photographers-rights-just-in-case-you-were-wondering/ http://photovation.com/1119/photographers-rights-just-in-case-you-were-wondering/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:06:00 +0000 Rita http://photovation.com/?p=1119 I hosted a presentation the other day on photo organizing and afterwards an attendee asked me about his rights as a photographer.  He mentioned he was told by a police officer that he could not be taking photos in a public place.  He knew he could but he did not want to make a scene.  [...]

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]]> http://photovation.com/1119/photographers-rights-just-in-case-you-were-wondering/feed/ 7 Cat’s Cradle http://photovation.com/1083/cats-cradle/ http://photovation.com/1083/cats-cradle/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:00:06 +0000 Rita http://photovation.com/?p=1083 Does this look familiar?  This is Jacob’s Ladder, a creation from a single piece of string.  String pictures have been used to help in the telling of stories and legends.  Before photos this was one way people communicated and shared stories. I too grew up playing  Cat’s Cradle and it thrilled me that I actually [...]

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]]> http://photovation.com/1083/cats-cradle/feed/ 2 Happy Birthday, Mom http://photovation.com/1071/happy-birthday-mom/ http://photovation.com/1071/happy-birthday-mom/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:49:04 +0000 Rita http://photovation.com/?p=1071 Happy Birthday Mom!  This photo brings back wonderful memories of an unexpected vacation.  This photo was taken on a family vacation that included my mom, older brother and younger sister.  It was the summer and we went to Sunriver, Oregon.  The memories that this photo brings back include: warm sunny weather, laughter, the house with [...]

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]]> http://photovation.com/1071/happy-birthday-mom/feed/ 3 Four Key Tips for Making a Photo Collage Using Picasa http://photovation.com/1027/collages-a-fun-way-to-share-your-photos/ http://photovation.com/1027/collages-a-fun-way-to-share-your-photos/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:24:54 +0000 Rita http://photovation.com/?p=1027 Are you looking for a creative way to share your photos?  A photo collage is a wonderful way to share a small sequence of photos – for example photos taken from a group hike, a birthday party, or a school field trip.   In Picasa, a photo organizing, editing and sharing tool, making a collage [...]

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]]> http://photovation.com/1027/collages-a-fun-way-to-share-your-photos/feed/ 3 Old Home Movies http://photovation.com/979/vhs-movies/ http://photovation.com/979/vhs-movies/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:38:29 +0000 Rita http://photovation.com/?p=979 Where are your old home movies? Approximately 10 years ago this is what my kids were doing with VHS movie covers.  Apparently I thought it was funny since I have a least a dozen printed photos of this display.  When I came across this photo it did make me a bit nostalgic.  My son loved [...]

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]]> http://photovation.com/979/vhs-movies/feed/ 8 Childrens Memorabilia http://photovation.com/933/childrens-memorabilia/ http://photovation.com/933/childrens-memorabilia/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:05:42 +0000 Rita http://photovation.com/?p=933 My son, now 15, used to love to read. As a teenager he reads assigned books and periodically he will read a book of choice but nothing like when he was younger. I miss those days of seeing his head buried in a book and his excitement and pleas to get him the next book [...]

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]]> http://photovation.com/920/92-and-knocking-down-the-pins/feed/ 4 Preserve your photo memories http://photovation.com/907/preserve-your-photo-memories/ http://photovation.com/907/preserve-your-photo-memories/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:35:12 +0000 Rita http://photovation.com/?p=907 The other day I wanted to give away a table and chair set that my children had used when they were toddlers. I am not extremely sentimental about material goods and did not think it was a big deal. I was wrong. Both my son and daughter insisted on keeping the well-used set. So I [...]

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