How many of us have looked through scrapbooks of childhood photos? A friend of mine was showing me her childhood photos she had in a scrapbook for years. She was laughing about how funny the smile on her Mother was and how great she thought her Dad looked. She told stories of their trips to the beach and remembered how much she loved the water at such a young age (see below).

I then told her about photo enlargement and demonstrated how a small photo could be enlarged to show more detail in the picture. I enlarged the picture above and moved the enlarged result around in the Imagener Preview window (also see Imagener Preview and Result Windows from our August 2005 newsletter).

I left the room for a minute and when I came back, I noticed that she was staring at the screen crying. With tears streaming down her face she said, "I never really saw this picture before. I never really saw my Dad like this." It struck me then how life enriching photo enlargement can be. This photo had been in her scrapbook for over 30 years. During that time she had looked at the picture with friends and family many times but could not appreciate the content hidden in the image's diminshed size. Now she saw a whole new image and a whole new meaning to the picture.