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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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...