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What to do with Apple Live Photos
If you use an iPhone, you are familiar with the Apple Live Photos option. It could be you’ve used it and taken Live Photos that you love and have shared. Or there's the possibility that you’ve been using it without knowing it! As a photo organizer, I find that many...
The Top 5 Reasons You Haven’t Gotten Your Photos Organized
The Top 5 Reasons You Haven't Gotten Your Photos Organized: • You don’t know where all your photos are and thinking about it hurts your head • Or, their location is known but you feel completely overwhelmed • Photo organizing is marked as a 'to-do' for someday…but it...
5 Tips for Creating Perfect Holiday Photos
The holiday season is upon us and with that in mind here are 5 tips for creating perfect holiday photos. The weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s offer so many opportunities to capture meaningful images of friends, coworkers, families and loved ones. The below...
September Is Save Your Photos Month
I was recently reminded of something author Gretchen Rubin said 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 right. This month is a...
3 Tips for the Most Challenging Time of the Year for Photography
We’re in the midst of summer and for many of us that means accelerated photography: pics of fireflies and flowers, picnics and barbecues, beaches, ballgames, and a sense of freedom not found in other seasons. I love summer and fittingly, the majority of my photos are...
Photos As Health History
It was a recent rainy Thursday, late in the afternoon. I was on a train, returning to NYC from a meeting with colleagues when the call came in. “Hi Marci, this is Dee from the doctor’s office. I have some bad news”. I took a deep breath and braced myself. "Your biopsy...
It’s National Photo Month! Celebrate Photography
Did you know that since 1987 the month of May has been designated as National Photo Month? I wasn't aware until I became a personal photo organizer. As a certified member of APPO (Association of Personal Photo Organizers). I knew that September is designated as Save...
Spring Cleaning and Organizing Your Print Photos
Ah, spring. Regeneration is in the air! For many, spring cleaning is an important and valuable ritual, which can take many paths. For those looking to get their messes of print photos organized, here are some tips to help you get started. One of the first steps is...
Digitizing Your Print Images: Why You Needed to Yesterday!
Now-a-days we can take photos on our fancy cameras, computers, phones, tablets – you name it! These photos (as long as they are backed up) are impervious to time & the elements. Not to mention you can also easily share these images with anyone & everyone! However, in...
Photo Organizing Made Easy
Last year I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by Cathi Nelson, the CEO and founder of the Association of Personal Photo Organizers. Cathi was writing her first book, Photo Organizing Made Easy, and interviewed individuals and photo organizers about their various...
Getting Organized
2017 was for me an unexpectedly transformational year: one of professional growth, frustration, bewilderment, excitement and above all, constant change, getting organized, and facing fresh challenges. For starters, I was able to focus on my business website with the...
Photo Organizing: Cloud Backup
Our to-do lists always seem to expand exponentially with the approaching winter holidays and new year celebrations. This is a great time to make sure you do one thing if nothing else - check to verify that your photo collection is backed up. One highly recommended way...
Photo Organizing and Visual Management
Visual management – this may be a new photo organizing term to you but it won’t be for long. Think about the areas in our lives that require outside guidance, organization, and management: wealth, business, health, etc. Your personal photo/video archive is no...
Print Photo Preservation Tips
Preservation is a Crucial Step To An Organized Photo Collection Print photo preservation is often overlooked. While most of us shoot digital photos these days via our sophisticated phones, printed photos are still a large part of most people’s personal archives. But...
September is Save Your Photos Month
The hurricane season of 2017 has gotten off to a devastating start. Harvey has destroyed much of Houston and the surrounding areas. For many New Yorkers, myself included, the coverage of this particular storm evokes unpleasant memories of the devastation wrought by...
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