public Picture makeInfoPhoto()
  {
    String fileName = this.getFile();
    String text = this.toString();
    // read in first picture
    Picture pic1 = new Picture(fileName);
    // create second picture with same height as 1st pic
    Picture pic2 = new Picture(500,pic1.getHeight());
    // copy pic1 over to new one
    pic2.copyPictureTo(pic1,0,0);
    // work around for failing drawString method
    Graphics g = pic2.getGraphics();
    g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
    g.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 16));
    // draw userinfo on photo
    g.drawString(text, 250, 50);
    // return photo
    return pic2;
  }