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Google Photos and the New iOS 11 HEIC Photo Format
If you upgraded your iPhone or iPad to iOS 11, you now have a new photo file format called HEIC and a new video…
Save a Picture from Google Photos to your Device
I have a beautiful photo of a waterfall in Pennsylvania. It’s in my Google Photos library. I took it with my Canon camera. How…
Can’t take a good picture from a moving vehicle? Sure you can.
It is difficult to take a good picture while in a moving vehicle. You can’t take the time to properly frame the shot, and…
Google Photos Quick Tip: Vignette to Frame your Photos
What’s a vignette, you ask? It’s where you just darken the outside edge of a picture so that it stands out. It’s a very…
Make Albums and Print a Photo Book from an Album
We just returned from a month-long trip to Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, and Berlin. How many pictures do you think we took? I used my…
My iPhone is full of photos, can Google Photos help?
Peggy asks: I’ve been taking photos with my iPhone for quite some time and have taken several hundred photos. The other day, I connected…
Google Photos: Don’t assume your photos are getting backed up
*Updated March 2020 It is Google Photos’ job to back up your device’s photos to your Google Account online. It’s your job to verify that…
Google Photos Makes Mothers’ Day Videos from Your PIctures
Google wants us to have more fun with our photos. That’s why they give us a place to be the forever home for ALL…
Take Videos and Google Photos can make Movies
Do you ever use your smartphone to take videos? … on purpose? 🙂 You should! These smartphone cameras are excellent video cameras. Just take…
Cool! One click on your Google Photo Takes you to Google Maps and Reviews
This is where we had dinner last night. Why? Because our motorhome broke down while traveling I-40 thru Arizona and we had to be…
How Many Photos are in your Google Photos Account?
Have you ever wondered what the count is of all your photos in your Google Photos account? I have a ton of photos going…
It’s So Easy to Send Photos Using Google Photos
We’ve been parked in the Arizona desert for several days. I prefer the humidity and ocean views of my home state of Florida ……
Deleting Bunches of Photos with Google Photos
Have you ever mistakenly taken lots of pictures of the inside of your pocket? or your thumb over the lens of your phone? Using…
Crop Pictures to Fill Wide Screens
It took me a while to notice that my new, wonderful, iPhone 7+ camera was not taking pictures that filled the screen. The iPhone’s…
How to Make a Group Photo Album with Google Photos
When I got married, many years ago, we wanted to get everyone to take pictures and share them with us. We accomplished that by…
Google Photos Quick Tip: Make that Picture POP!
One of the Google Photos editing tools is called “Pop.” What is Pop? Well, it’s hard to describe. It brightens a photo, increases the…