Photographs are a powerful tool for the family historian, and with Vivid-Pix they can help preserve family stories and memories for future generations.
For more than four decades, Rick Voight has explored the ways in which photography can change our lives. His career began in the world of photography, first through hands-on roles that helped him understand cameras from the inside out, and later through influential positions at Kodak where he worked with emerging digital systems, imaging workflows, and customer-focused innovation.
Photography wasn’t just a job for Rick; it was a way of seeing people. He often says that the heart of every picture is a relationship, between individuals, between generations, or between a moment and the memory it becomes. That belief later became the foundation of his life’s work.
From photographs to family stories
During his years in the photo industry, Rick began to realise something profound: although modern life produces more pictures than ever before, we preserve fewer of them in ways that truly matter. Families were losing their histories, not because they lacked content, but because they lacked tools, time, and confidence.
He started working closely with libraries, archives, genealogical societies, and family historians. Through this work he saw the same challenge again and again: mountains of fading photographs, boxes of unidentified faces, and memories at risk of being lost as older relatives passed away.
For Rick, this wasn’t just a business challenge, it was full of emotion and poignancy. His own family’s experiences made him acutely aware of how quickly stories disappear when they aren’t captured, restored, and shared. And as he spent time with genealogists, he recognised that technology could help preserve not only images, but the stories that bring our pastime to life.
Developing technology with a human purpose
Out of this passion came Vivid-Pix, sponsors of this article, the company Rick co-founded to give ordinary people extraordinary power to rescue their memories. Unlike complicated professional editing software, Vivid-Pix focuses on clear, simple tools that anyone can use, ideal for busy family historians.
Through innovations in contrast correction, colour recovery, image enhancement, and metadata attachment, Vivid-Pix quickly became a staple in libraries, family history centres, and homes around the world. The company’s software allowed users to scan, restore, organise, caption, and share their memories easily; a complete ecosystem to help families reconnect with their past.
A mission to help families everywhere
Today, Rick’s work goes far beyond software. He collaborates with museums, historical societies, care homes, military heritage groups, and genealogists globally. His initiatives, such as memory-sharing programmes, educational workshops, and partnerships with senior-care organisations, show how powerful storytelling can be for both individuals and communities.
For family historians, his work is especially valuable. So many of us are guardians of old albums, shoeboxes of prints with fading ink and unknown faces. Rick’s technology makes it possible to restore clarity, uncover details, and add context, turning fragile photos into preserved family history.
Why family historians should use Vivid-Pix
If you have:
- old photographs that are fading or discoloured
- images damaged by time, light, or storage
- a collection of unlabelled family pictures
- a desire to make your digital family archive look better and last longer
…then the tools were built for you.
Vivid-Pix offers a simple, reliable way to enhance images that might otherwise be forgotten. For anyone researching their roots, documenting their family tree, or preparing material for future generations, it’s an invaluable companion.
Preserve your most treasured memories
Vivid-Pix memory preservation software allows you to scan photos in archival quality, restore them with patented image-improvement technology, and record your own and others' memories and feelings to bring each moment to life.
Memory Station Software then transcribes your voice recordings to text, labels each image, saves that text within the image metadata – like writing on the back of a photo, but digitally – and creates a video of one or more picture stories.
Everything is saved onto your computer – you decide where to share and more.
No subscriptions. Just your stories exactly the way you want, for yourself, loved ones, and for generations to come. Free trial available.
Find out more at: www.vivid-pix.com/memorystationsoftware and don't let the memories fade.
