Living Photo Album
Old Photos Tell No Tales
Don't let this happen to your photographs. Cinematic Journeys will sit down with you and your album. We will let you tell the story not only of the photo, but what else is happening that we can't see. What is just outside the view? Why is this a treasured memory? What did the story teach you about life and values? Turn each of your still shots into stories that speak and have emotions.
Let me illustrate. This is a picture of my mother Lois. I know by just looking at the picture that this is my mom, but my children would never know. And I would never have guessed that was Aunt Jeannie next to her because the Aunt Jeannie I know is so much older. I could probably guess the year it was taken, within a few years, due to the style of dress and hair. But when I asked my mom when this was taken, the story I was told was so much more than names and dates!
Mom said, "Jeannie, Midge and I were on our way to a theater in Chicago when this picture was taken by a street photographer. When we were in the
theater, I lost the heel of my white shoes on the stairway of the balcony. Midge and Jeannie thought this was hilarious and were almost hysterical with laughter. So much so that they wouldn't even walk with me when we left the theater."
I treasure this photo and the memory my mother shared. Some of the details are so foreign to me, like buying a photo from a street photographer. That isn't even a profession any longer.
My mother is now gone. What I wouldn't give for a video of her telling me about the photo album in her own voice.
Most of us have boxes and books of old photographs like this one from my mom. We need to know the stories behind the scene before the story teller fades away. Be that storyteller. Give voice to your photographs and memories.
Don't let this happen to your photographs. Cinematic Journeys will sit down with you and your album. We will let you tell the story not only of the photo, but what else is happening that we can't see. What is just outside the view? Why is this a treasured memory? What did the story teach you about life and values? Turn each of your still shots into stories that speak and have emotions.
Let me illustrate. This is a picture of my mother Lois. I know by just looking at the picture that this is my mom, but my children would never know. And I would never have guessed that was Aunt Jeannie next to her because the Aunt Jeannie I know is so much older. I could probably guess the year it was taken, within a few years, due to the style of dress and hair. But when I asked my mom when this was taken, the story I was told was so much more than names and dates!
Mom said, "Jeannie, Midge and I were on our way to a theater in Chicago when this picture was taken by a street photographer. When we were in the
theater, I lost the heel of my white shoes on the stairway of the balcony. Midge and Jeannie thought this was hilarious and were almost hysterical with laughter. So much so that they wouldn't even walk with me when we left the theater."
I treasure this photo and the memory my mother shared. Some of the details are so foreign to me, like buying a photo from a street photographer. That isn't even a profession any longer.
My mother is now gone. What I wouldn't give for a video of her telling me about the photo album in her own voice.
Most of us have boxes and books of old photographs like this one from my mom. We need to know the stories behind the scene before the story teller fades away. Be that storyteller. Give voice to your photographs and memories.