In an age where digital images are as common as the local drugstore, it’s important to preserve the images of the past. In many cases, the photo is the only record we have of an event. Getting the most accurate digital rendition of the photo is our last best hope of preservation. In order to do that, you’ll need to pair your scanner with Hamrick Software’s VueScan.

If you love scrapbooking (or any craft), consider involving your kids in the process. If you don’t want them to muck up one of your special projects, create a project that’s just for them. In this helpful and fun article, Allie McComas shows how she created a kid-friendly scrapbook for young Caitlin.

Scrapbooking is a very popular hobby these days because it offers a creative way to preserve your treasured memories. This enjoyable pastime allows your creative juices to flow as you craft wonderful, thematic pages of cherished moments. But before you do anything, you must start with an idea and a blank canvas. You must decide what these pages will contain. In this fun article, Allie McComas shows you how you can create fun scrapbooks and helps you understand how to think about your project.

Many people with disabilities enjoy photography, but limited mobility or hand use often requires a great deal of creativity to make cameras usable. While tripods offer a way to steady the camera, leaving both hands free, they are not always practical for those moving around to take shots. In this article, Denise Lance explores some options that may make it easier for you to take great pictures no matter what your condition.

One thing that never ceases to amaze is the amazing complexity of little creatures around us. The details are difficult to see with the naked eye, and this is where the world of macro photography shines. So what exactly is macro photography? Many definitions exist! For most of us, it’s capturing the detail of something that perhaps our naked eye can’t see. Macro photography is the magnification of the subject by the equipment used on the camera body. In this helpful article, Marc Langille helps us understand the various hardware and lenses necessary to take great macro photos.

With Father’s Day a month, away I’m sure many of you will be thinking of getting dad a nice digital camera. However, before you step out and purchase the first camera you saw being advertised or, even worse, the one the sales person tells you is the best, go prepared. That’s right, go buy that special man his camera like an expert.

You might like the idea of having your photos appreciated and used by other people, but wouldn’t you like to know who’s using them or have some way to be sure other people realize those photos are your work? Microsoft Paint isn’t the most versatile photo program, but it has the benefit of being included with Windows. You can easily use it to enter text onto an image so that makes it perfect for adding a quick watermark. Pick a photo, fire up Paint and we’ll give it a try!

You don’t have to be Anne Geddes or Annie Liebowitz to get the ultimate family picture. The key to photographic success is by capturing their spirit and personality.

While doing our detailed forensic analysis of the White House email controversy, we bumped into a very strange story that has a doctored photo at its core. We’re not going to put you through the full story of the email controversy, but we thought you’d get a kick out of the wacky photo retouching aspect of it.

It’s perhaps the most common question we get asked — and one we hate answering. With a big pile of new cameras coming out each week, it’s almost impossible to keep track of which is which. Of course, if a photo magazine like Connected Photographer can’t keep track of all the new cameras, who can? In this helpful article, we spotlight some very interesting ways to find out what cameras other photo enthusiasts love to use.