Welcome to Our Family Album

Hi, I'm Manuel. I'm a software engineer, a photography enthusiast, and a dad of three. Thank you for being here.

Our Family Album started the way most of my projects do: with a problem in my own family that I couldn't find a good answer for.

It started with two grandparents far away

When my wife Margo and I found out we were expecting twins, my first thought (after the panic) was about my parents. They live in another country, and I wanted them to see their grandchildren grow up every day, not once a year on a visit.

So I built a little app that put our photos on my parents' old iPad in their living room, automatically. They had the twins on their screen the week they were born. That app became Digital Photo Frame, and it's how this whole journey began.

Then the photos took over

A few years and one more baby later, our photos were everywhere: ten different group chats, compressed images, grandparents scrolling past jokes and memes to find the one picture of their grandson's first steps. There was no single place that held the whole story of our kids' childhood.

I didn't want to post my children on social media, and I didn't want their childhood scattered across chats. I wanted one calm, private place where we post a moment once, the people we love see it and comment on it, and it stays there, safe and in order.

So I built it

Our Family Album is the app I wish we'd had the day the twins were born:

• Share moments as posts. Pick a few photos, add a caption, and the whole family sees the story at once.
• Keep albums for every chapter. Birthdays, summers and everyday life, each in its own shared album with exactly the people you choose.
• React and comment. Grandparents can leave a heart and a sweet note on every post.
• Look back with Memories. The app sorts your moments by age and milestone, so you can look back at how much your kids have changed.

It is private by default and invite only. There are no ads, no strangers and no algorithm, and we never use your photos to train AI.

What's next

We are a small, family-run team. If something is missing or could be better, tell me. This blog is where I'll share what we're building, plus practical tips for keeping your family's memories safe and your relatives close.

If you'd like the longer version of how all this started, it's on our story page.

Thank you for trusting us with your family's moments. I can't wait to see the stories you keep here.

Manuel