The last few weeks at work have been quite thought provoking.

You see, I make part of my living restoring photos. In the last several weeks I have had the unfortunate job of working on a number of photos of people that have recently died.

Relatives of the recently deceased bring in their snapshots (some crinkled and in ruins) and want a finished portrait produced from their crinkled, blurry, faded snapshot. It’s hard to believe that these images are the best photos that they have of their loved ones.

Although, through modern digital imaging techniques, we are actually able to produce a decent “portrait” from these snapshots, I can’t help but think how nice it would have been if someone in the family had actually taken some decent pictures of their loved one while they were ...