What will you do with your photos when you downsize?

https://youtu.be/X1-u0tQgrOQ In this video Tiffany Richards of Samson Properties interviewed me to get my ideas of the best ways to handle photos when downsizing. When someone lives in a home for 30 or more years, they usually collect a large number of pictures.  Waiting until moving day to decide what to do with them only creates stress a... Read more ›
Categories: Family Heritage, Family History, Family Legacy

May 20, 2015

Mobile Videographer Judy Blair Hits No. 1 on Amazon Best Seller Lists

Shortly after releasing Creating Family Legacy Movies: Treasure Your Memories, Judy Blair’s book hit #1 for multiple categories on Amazon’s best seller list. The book received the #1 ranking in Amazon’s “Cinematography” category and “Arts & Photography” category in the United States on Friday, May 15, 2015.  The new book also got... Read more ›
Categories: Family Heritage, Family History, Family Legacy

April 23, 2015

Deleting the Family Tree

I was  horrified to read the following article.  They say that things stay on the internet forever, but obviously they don’t.  We all need to take responsibility for making backups of anything we want to save.  And then make backups of the backups.  There’s a huge lesson to be learned from this family’s tragedy. Here’s the article: When An... Read more ›
Categories: Family Heritage

February 19, 2015

Do You Want to Leave a Creative Legacy?

I recently came across this article titled “Take these 3 Steps Toward Your Personal Legacy Today” by Karen Daniels.  Many people who have full-time jobs feel they have a need to be creative outside what might be considered a hum-drum job.  This article encourages us to do more.

“Take these 3 Steps Toward Your Personal Legacy Today”

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An infographic to help you Create a Family Legacy Video Your Family Will Love

“As a mobile videographer, Judy Blair, owner of Keepsake Pix, helps families tell their stories and preserve their legacy for younger generations. Scrapbooks of photos become meaningless if no one remembers the family stories that are tied to those photos. Family legacy videos keep those stories–funny, silly or sentimental–alive for the youngest... Read more ›

Ethical Wills and Life Legacy

I just came across a website that talks about “legacy wills” and what the process offers for our lives.  I am struck that the similarity of the needs they meet are also found in the process one goes through in creating a family legacy video. In Dr. Andrew Weil’s book “Healthy Aging, A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being,”... Read more ›