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7 Tips for Making Photo Books
Making photo books is one of our favorite things to do - for ourselves and our clients. If you like to cook, you understand the value and importance of mise en place before you start. The same approach applies to making photo books. Having your images organized makes...
Print Photo Preservation
Print photo preservation is often overlooked. Today, we shoot digital photos, thanks to our sophisticated smart phones. But print photos are still a large part of most people’s personal archives. Many people are unaware of how best to store and preserve them. As a...
September Is Save Your Photos Month, 2020 edition
September is Save Your Photos month! I often think of what author Gretchen Rubin says about this time of year: “September is the other January. Do you feel as though the beginning of the school year marks a ‘clean slate’ that helps you start new habits?” Gretchen is...
Saving Your Photos; Syncing vs Backups
Let's talk about saving your photos; syncing vs backups. When I ask my friends, family, and clients if they sync and/or back up their photos, the most common response is, “I don’t know.” This is not the answer I want to hear! You should not be okay with this, either....
How to Save Your Print Family Photos
Here's a quick look at how a print-to-digital family photos organizing job is handled. (our client, Marie, has permitted us to share her family photos and story). Marie's family history is fascinating. In the mid 19th century, her ancestors left Northern Europe and...
Adding Audio Files to Digitalized Home Movies
Recently a client (I'll call him Joe) asked us to sync an audio file to a recently digitized home movie. The film footage, now an MP4 file, is a compilation of several 8mm films spanning a few decades. In it, he and his family gather for celebrations and daily...
Creating Your Legacy Photo Collection
A legacy photo collection is a little different from the photos you have of family vacations, weddings, birthdays, and everyday life. But before getting into that I want to share a little about my background, as it ties into this. My first job in New York City was as...
Three Ways to Enjoy Your Photos
Our smartphones have come a long way since 2010. The physical sizes have changed, as has the amount of memory. The variety and number of apps has grown exponentially. But the vastly improved camera function wins the most improved category for most of us. The latest...
Photo Books: Non-Traditional Options
Photo books are often created to celebrate milestones such as weddings, births, graduations and anniversaries. But they can also serve other purposes. For instance, they can document a collection, preserve children's artwork, or record one's travels. Therefore, these...
Keepsake and Legacy Videos: Filming Your Memories
Keepsake and Legacy videos are growing in popularity. And for good reason: they are a special way to record your memories. Today's modern Keepsake and Legacy videos harken back to the era of Super 8 home movies, but with an important difference. They both include...
A Professional Photo Organizer Holiday Gift Guide
As a professional photo organizer, I’ve noticed the opportunities for holiday photos have grown. As soon as Labor Day is over, it’s harvest time and pumpkin-spice everything. Halloween is now a month-long celebration instead of one night. Our neighborhood’s holiday...
How To Make a Vacation Video You’ll Actually Watch
A vacation video is a great way to memorialize a trip. While away, most of us take a ton of both videos and photos, often with the intention of creating a vacation video. What better way to relive those fun times after the vacation is a distant memory! The sheer...
Back-up for Your Photo Collection
Let's talk back-up for your photo collection. Do you back-up your photos on a regular basis? If not, I'll let you in on a photo organizing secret: The 3-2-1 method. When you back-up your photo collection I recommend this strategy because it's easy to remember and...
Do You Know Where all Your Digital Photos are?
Do you know where all your digital photos are? Most people find that they live on many separate devices. That's a headache! Digital photos are different from print photos in one major way- you can take an infinite amount of them. And then not know where they all...
5 Tips for Organizing Digital Photos
If you are like most people, you have digital photos. A lot of them. And you want them organized. What if you aren’t sold on your computer’s AI for organizing digital photos? Or you want better control and access to your images. Photo organizing will help. Creativity...
How to Make a Photo Book from your Photo Collection
Do you want to make a photo book but aren't sure how? Are you wondering what images from your collection to use? Are you unsure of what to look for in a photo book service? If so, read on! Choosing a Theme Photos of people, places and events will play a large...
Negatives in your Photo Collection
Do you have negatives in your photo collection? Are you unsure of what to do with them? Most photographers - pro and amateur alike - switched to digital in the mid-2000s, so this format can seem ancient! But 35mm negative film (the most popular format) has been around...
Tidying Up Your Photo Collection
By now you’ve heard about or watched Marie Kondo’s hit Netflix tv series, “Tidying Up.” I am pleased that the issue of physical and virtual clutter has reached a wider audience. And I agree with much of Marie’s approach on tidying up. Some of her methods are useful to...
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