Tech Talk: Photo Gifts

WAITSBURG—According to my phone there are 6,056 photos and 872 videos lurking in its depths. And that’s nothing compared to the five terabyte hard drive that houses our family archives.

In it there are birthdays, holidays, and precious memories—some of which family members may not even remember. Those are the photos that make the best gifts: the candids.

In a perfect world, our photos would be categorized and labeled electronically. They would be searchable by faces, by location, by season, and date. Both fortunately and unfortunately, the world is not perfect. As cool as it might be to quickl...