Big Picture Research

09/17/2025

Can it really be two decades since this amazing organization lifted off the ground? It has been the most supportive, educational and professional group I have ever been a part of. I am extremely pleased to be part of the leadership team of the Visual Researchers' Society of Canada. Happy Anniversary to all our members.

03/27/2025

Laugh or cry...

Was researching Alaska Army pics today… when the Alcan Highway was being built between AK and BC.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/169147725

Note the State identification…. Hmmm

Probably where it all started. 1942. Sigh
Laura

03/07/2025

OK - this is becoming alarming on so many additional levels.

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, e...

03/28/2024

I love discovering an "oops" with historical material. Guessing the printer forgot to change the year when the date hopped into January way back in 1902-1903. Kinda' reminds me of when we used to write cheques. It always took me a good month to use the new year when filling out the date. Hah!

04/10/2023

Having fun working on this Series. If you have a satellite provider, Cottage Life is currently on free preview!

Investigate significant historic and contemporary sites from the revealing vantage points of drone, satellite, and aerial photography.

10/21/2022

Saw this wording in a license agreement today...

"Media: All Media NKHD, excluding Theatrical, Out-of-Context Advertising and Promotion, NFT, and Metaverse, but including In-Context Advertising and Promotion"

Interesting to see a modern contract! Wow.

09/01/2022

Glad to be a very small part in the sports imagery research for this 4-part history retrospective on the 1972 Summit Series. First episode airs September 14th on CBC.

Games 1 through 4 were played in Canada, where a hockey nation was humbled

04/14/2022

Just when I thought I knew it all in my career... comes along the NFT.

Watch What Do NFTs Mean For The Movie Industry ? on Le Dispatch

04/06/2022

Surprise, surprise! A Freedom of Information Act request which I submitted to the US Marshal’s office in the spring of 2021 came back with a response today. It was denied. But nice to know that almost a year after the docudrama series was complete - that we did get an answer. 🤪

03/25/2022

Almost 30 years into my career, I am still learning. Today’s new topic is NFT’s; Non-Fungible Tokens… and it could impact copyright. Still wrapping my head around it but here’s one such story…

It’s an attempt to get more clips of the killing taken off social media, he said.

03/21/2022

Looking forward to taking part in this week's Virtual Marketplace. If you're up early - register and join in at 7:30am ET, Wednesday, March 23rd.
https://virtualimagemarketplace.com/seminar-programme