The Parabo Journal

Ideas for printing, displaying, and styling your photos at home. Easy how-tos, iPhone editing tips, gift inspiration, and décor ideas from Parabo Press.

Anti-AI Authenticity: What Photos to Print in 2026
Photography

Anti-AI Authenticity: What Photos to Print in 2026

AI-smoothed, poreless faces have started to feel fake. In 2026, the photos worth framing are the imperfect, unmistakably human ones. The grain, the candid, the real expression. Here are five to print this week.

Petr · · 3 min read
What Size Photo Print for Every Room: A No-Guess Guide
How-to

What Size Photo Print for Every Room: A No-Guess Guide

Two numbers solve almost every print-size question. Art spans about two-thirds of the furniture below it, and its center sits at 57 inches. Here's the room-by-room version with exact inches per wall, the hanging math, and the right print for each spot.

Petr · · 5 min read
Back-to-School Dorm Decor: Photos as the Anti-Tapestry
Home Décor

Back-to-School Dorm Decor: Photos as the Anti-Tapestry

Every dorm has the same poster. The move that actually makes the room yours is a curated, damage-free grid of your own photos: friends, the dog, the kitchen back home. Here's how to build a personal dorm wall that comes down as cleanly as it went up.

Petr · · 3 min read
Why Disposable Cameras Are Back (And How to Fake the Look)
Photography

Why Disposable Cameras Are Back (And How to Fake the Look)

Kodak disposable camera sales doubled in five years, and the comeback is about how the photos look, not nostalgia. Here is what the disposable aesthetic actually is, and three small phone moves that get you 80% of the way there before you print.

Petr · · 4 min read