Laura Lucas of Big Picture Research is one of our valued contributors hailing from up north in Canada. She writes today about the necessity of community and our trade associations. For many years, I worked the same image research job at a media organization. It was not straightforward but there was an entire team to …
By Laura Lucas Last summer I snapped over 800 photos on a family trip to Newfoundland. I’m not a great photographer so I often take more than needed to get that one good shot, but it means a big job to organize and manage them later. So each day of my trip I sifted through …
By guest writer Laura Lucas of Big Picture Research I’m often asked if visual research is easier today than it was before computers. It’s a tough question to answer because there’s good and bad with all change. Technology has certainly delivered access and opened new doors but that doesn’t always mean it’s easier. I consider …
By guest writer Laura Lucas of Big Picture Research I first heard the phrase “digital legacy” a year-and-a-half ago, where it was touted as one of the ten new industries to watch. A digital legacy suggests we need to plan and give direction about digital assets like passwords, financial accounts and social media accounts so …