One of the best things about the digitization of photography and video as I stated before is, the immediacy of digital which enables you to insure a good result. The reason I have made this the first post after my introduction post is, I have experienced first hand the loss of people close to me, the photos & videos I have of them are a window into the past, into triggering memories of us together. Even when a photo is of someone who is very ill & or dying from an illness or injury, in time these mementos can help us hold onto our memories of them, as with time our memories do fade. Sometimes, people suffer from something such as a stroke, ALS, or other health crisis which can rob them of physical & mental health over a period of time. We can also take photos & or video to help maintain our genealogy, family medical history, etc. We can create a family tree on a computer & insert photos & or videos with certain programs, so as to create an interactive family tree. Of course, simply using printed photos pasted onto a large family tree also works. Sometimes we have to get creative, we may have to use google earth & other sites, to find images of past vacation spots, of homes of relatives no longer with us, of schools too far to travel to. These images can also be incorporated into a family tree, of course if the family tree is on-line you may need copyright approval from whoever owns the photos & or videos. Adding newspaper clippings about family members, places you have lived or visited, etc, can also liven up a family tree. If the tree is digital, digital content you create or find on the web can likewise add to your family tree. I haven't built my digital family tree, but its a project I want to start.
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