Pixorium Blog
Tips, Ideas and Musings on Photos, Photo Stories and Family Storytelling
A Pixorium Success Story: Revisiting Romania
This summer we met Mihai “Mike” Pop, a talented, up-and-coming, Atlanta-based street photographer. He contacted us to create a book of his Romania photos, a piece to share with his family and others to showcase his work. Together, Mike and Lilly, his photobook coach, crafted this tender and compelling book, Romania Through My Lens.
Stir Family Recipes, Stories, Photos into a Book. Serve with Joy.
Many of us inherit a family recipe collection. What an opportunity! Your recipe collection is a great way to save and share favorite family recipes with family stories and photos. Like these books created by our clients, Liz and Anita.
60 Years Photographing The World – A Photographer’s Story
I’d called Ron to check in – we were in the first months of COVID. I’d worked closely with him and his cousin, Barry, the year before on an extensive family history book. Ron replied with an email, which included …
Pixorium Success Story: “Mazel Tov on Creating a Family Story Masterpiece!”
“In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” Friedrich Nietzsche
While “Life is a Story. How do You Tell Yours?” has been Pixorium’s tag line since its founding in 2006, no one has embraced it like Drs. Barry Silverman and Ron Goldstein.
Pixorium Success Story: 2 Languages + 1 Journey = Family Treasure
By Pixorium Client, Paula A. Rosenberg
Six years ago, I started on a journey with Pixorium to digitally preserve my family’s pictures. In a fit of downsizing, my parents had handed me 72 photo albums filled with family history. I was the family historian for my generation. So even though it filled the entire back seat of my car on the ride back from Texas, I was excited.
Pixorium Success Story: The Value of a Story – Creating a Gem
By Pixorium Client, Tom Glenn, May 2018
As a septuagenarian, I can attest that “things aren’t like they used to be.” Capturing some of those “things” of long ago and weaving them together in a story—personal observations, old photos, and relevant documents—not only can convey those experiences but also make an impression on those coming along behind us.
Pixorium Success Story: Stopping the Evaporation of Memory and the Unexpected Dividend
By Pixorium Client, Paul Bianchi
I had wanted to write a partial history of my family for some time, but it was one of those resolutions on New Year’s Day that never make it to February.
Pixorium Success Story: I Never Dreamed I’d Do a Book so Big… But, Wow!
By Pixorium Client, Sandy Thim
Seeing the books others had done lit a spark in me… It all began when Renee, a member of a book club I belong to, asked Jiffy to attend to talk about telling your story in memoir and photo books.
Pixorium Success Story: A Funny Thing About Writing My Story
By Pixorium Client, Cyndy Mote Saunders
Ideas come from unexpected places. Mine came in a room full of grandparents, being told that our memories matter, that they’re unique, that they’ll be lost if we don’t write them down.
Pixorium Success Story: Photo Scanning—Thanks for Making this Possible
By Pixorium Client, Bernice
Scanning photos is easy, right? You lift the lid of your machine, place a picture on the glass and hit scan.
Pixorium Success Story: Creating The Lankford Manor Cookbook
By Pixorium Client, Courtney Lankford
Pictures fade and memories pass with the loss of each generation. This past fall, I decided it was time to put together a book that represented a family legacy: the Lankford Manor in Tifton, Georgia.