That’s why I print books of family photos every year or so (currently using CEWE). Relatively cheap, and may not be the very best quality, but it forces me to add captions to photos that I would otherwise forget.
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Thanks for sharing Todd. I enjoyed listening to Matt. Life is short and it is a good job to capture the little mundane moments.
Inspired by Kirk Hamilton from the podcasts Strong Songs / Triple Click I started to interview my parents one year ago. Just talking to them, “tell me about your childhood”.
It is an amazing opportunity to learn more about the people we know so well to just ask them some questions you just don’t bring up in everyday life. Kirk was apparently inspired by StoryCorps. They have some advice on setting up the conversation and also lists with questions to get the conversation going.
I remember seeing that project talked about on 60mins…it was amazing…
I just thought I would share as it really was so very personal and something that has or will be experienced by so many of us…I wish my parents had taken more photo’s…but it was not cheap to get things printed up at one time at least in large numbers and I think my sisters and I kept my mom completely busy just keeping up with the house and feeding us and caring for us…
My dad seemed to be away or asleep often. He was a police officer and so was running the cycle of 3 shifts. His passion was to tinker with small engines and or anything old he could get as swap or that someone was giving away…
We had an old Ford Courier truck dented and bashed that he got from a farmer he came across on one of his patrols… We did a lot of body work and grinding and sanding on that old thing and then he went to the hardware store and we painted it with green Tremclad paint… Using a roller… it was ugly but you know it was a fun little toy and there was never any worry about bumps bangs or scratches…so I have those memories…not photos but of my dad always tinkering in his old police shirts with all the badging removed…those were his work shirts… 
Feel free anyone to share something about your parents that you remember…might be a nice change from masks and tonemapping and color grading
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