by Photo Gym | Aug 16, 2019 | Digital Photos
Live Photos. If you have an iPhone and you’ve been perplexed by this new-fangled term, you are definitely not alone! Live photos are mini-video clips that are captured when you take a photo. You choose it by tapping on a little icon at the top but it seems to...
by Photo Gym | May 24, 2019 | Digital Photos, Printed Photos
Mother Nature has been throwing some pretty serious weather our way this Spring. At the Gym we often hear sad stories of photos and videos lost to disaster. With all the flooding and tornadoes in our area, we thought this was a good time to offer some suggestions...
by Photo Gym | Apr 12, 2019 | Digital Photos
In the past couple of weeks we have created several custom collages. We’ve (semi)-jokingly begun to refer to April as “collage season.” With that in mind, this week’s post is going to give you some tips and tools to create your own collages,...
by Photo Gym | Mar 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s spring break and with that comes some time away from the everyday and loads and loads of photos! Whether you are just home from break or planning your getaway, we have a challenge for you that will enable you to preserve, protect and ENJOY your photos and...
by Photo Gym | Mar 1, 2019 | Printed Photos
Slides are one of the most fun forms of photo memories to digitize because often we haven’t seen those images for years – if ever! The prospect of scanning them seems to flummox a lot of folks so this week we thought we’d demystify the equipment...
by Photo Gym | Feb 15, 2019 | Digital Photos
Recently we had the opportunity to talk with the local genealogy group about preserving their photos and the stories they tell. A part of that conversation is about cloud-based storage. We like to mention Amazon Prime Photos in this segment because many people...
by Photo Gym | Feb 2, 2019 | Printed Photos
At Photo Gym, we often talk about preserving and protecting photos, slides, negatives and video but the ways we do that are varied. One aspect that effects the safety of your photos is the type of boxes, bins or bags they are stored in. You see terms like...
by Photo Gym | Jan 18, 2019 | Digital Photos
Backing Up is (not) Hard To Do If you’re like most people you find yourself looking at your phone or digital camera and wondering what you are going to do with all those photos. What happens if your phone, disk, device or card fails? How can you be sure your...
by Photo Gym | Jan 4, 2019 | Digital Photos, Photo Books, Video Montages
Happy 2019! Since this is a fresh and shiny new year, we thought it was a perfect time to introduce you to fresh and shiny new (to you) software with nearly all of the tools you need to organize your photos and do FUN things with them (you know, after you can find...
by Photo Gym | Dec 26, 2018 | Digital Photos, Photo Books, Printed Photos, Video Conversion, Video Montages
It’s time, yet again, to begin thinking about the photos and videos we have taken during our holiday gatherings. Now is the perfect time to begin gathering photos and videos you want to share with your friends and family and make a plan for sharing them. At...