Jiggety Jog Photo and Media Solutions

01/01/2023

If you're one to make New Year's Resolutions, a good one would be to think about ways to inventory and take back control of your digital footprint. A few places to start:
1) Download a local copy of your photos that may only be stored in the "cloud."
2) Delete old location data that may have been collected from your phone.
3) Make sure your social media, Google, and Apple accounts have legacy contacts set, so that these accounts can be accessed in case you become incapacitated or pass away unexpectedly (it's morbid, but think about it the same way as life insurance.)

Check out this recent New York Times article for a more complete summary of why you should take action on this sooner, rather than later.

Google, Apple and Meta offer near-limitless digital basements in which to store photos, videos and important documents, but you should keep a copy of what you hold most dear.

11/25/2021

Happy Thanksgiving from Jiggety Jog Photo and Media Solutions.

Here's a clip from 1979, Thanksgiving on the Duggan farm where my dad grew up with his six siblings, captured on his brother's Super 8mm film camera.

Contact me soon and let me help you preserve and share your old holiday memories.

08/14/2021

A high resolution camera scan (I use a 50 megapixel Canon 5DSR) of an old print gives you a lot of flexibility for rescuing the image using modern image processing software like Adobe Lightroom Classic.

08/07/2021

Today I am sorting and cataloging a client's VHS library and beginning conversion to digital .mp4 files that can be edited and shared. Weddings, dance recitals, middle school band concerts, birthdays with grandparents, and holidays have all been hiding in storage in their basement for years.

In addition to the files, they'll end up with a spreadsheet showing the text written on the tapes to make it easier to know what is in each video.

The well worn copy of Top Gun will just have to be viewed on an old VCR, or a streaming service of choice. :)

04/15/2021

So thankful to be able to attend my first The Photo Managers Annual Conference in 2021. The conference is in Atlanta (photo on screen is a past year's conference), and I am in Michigan, but I will still learn and grow this business with help from colleagues I meet this weekend, and the support I am receiving from this amazing group of talented small business owners. Thanks !!!

03/31/2021

Did you know that March 31 is World Backup Day?

Backing up your digital photos and videos is the most critical thing you can do to preserve your important memories against drive failure, fire, or natural disaster. Cloud backups are affordable, and one of the easiest ways to ensure you have an off-site backup, should disaster strike.

The best systems are automatic, so you don't have to think about them, and also offer multiple options to restore.

Reviews of the best cloud backup services, updated for March 2021. Cloud backup services back up your files to secure data centers over the internet.

03/12/2021

Today is also the day our brand new website was born, early this morning at about 1:03am. It's not done, but it does exist!
https://jiggetyjog.photo/

Please check it out, and also put your email in the form on the site and get entered to win cool prizes!

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