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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Slides and Negatives in your Photo Collection
Do you have slides and negatives in your photo collection? Are you unsure of what to do with them? Most photographers - pro and amateur alike - switched...
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...
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....