Snuggling up with a JPEG

I spoke with a mom the other day who was commenting on her collection of JPEGs. She's been taking digital pictures since her children were born and, like many of us, they are now in a heap on her hard-drive, much like they would be thrown together in a box if they were actual photographs. The hard thing, she said, is to snuggle up with a JPEG. I couldn't agree more.

The beauty of digital images is that it is so easy to capture the important moments in your families' life- you can shoot 100 images of a child blowing out birthday candles and then delete all but the one where she looked right at the camera and smiled. Then, after the image is downloaded, you can edit it- make the lighting better, the atmosphere warmer and delete out the crabby kid in the corner if you like. The images we are now able to capture are exceptional, but if they stay tucked away on the hard drive, you never get to "snuggle up with it."

This blog is set-up to help you sort through your families' memories. From digitizing grandpa's images of World War II to organizing the photos you took yesterday, the information here will help you capture the important moments, explore the maze of products to help you organize and then review the best photo products on the market. Perhaps, at the end of the day, you'll even print that image of your child's birthday on a fleece blanket (it's really possible!). Now that is a JPEG you can snuggle up with.