{"id":3894,"date":"2019-07-04T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=3894"},"modified":"2020-05-14T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T22:26:00","slug":"organizing-digital-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/organizing-digital-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Tackle Organizing your Digital Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When asked about what we must take with us in an emergency, we all say our photos! \u00a0Our photos are our most precious stuff. \u00a0We have them on our smart phones, cameras, social media online and in print. \u00a0It\u2019s easy to over snap and not come back. \u00a0It can be overwhelming after a birthday party or family event to gather them together. Our photos are our way of capturing the magic of the moment.\u00a0 Organizing your photos means you will truly enjoy them.<\/p>\n

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The best solution for organizing photos follows a routine that works well with your routine. \u00a0Allow time once a month or immediately after a family event to work with your photos. We jump back into life and don’t get the opportunity to reflect and enjoy our photos. It helps to set a time to work with these. \u00a0Summer can be a great time to reminisce, review and organize your photos.<\/p>\n

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Start with a plan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

How will you group your photos? With paper or digital photos, we can group chronologically, by events like holidays, birthdays or trips, or by family member.\u00a0 Keep in mind your family will be growing, like adding grandkids and partners.\u00a0\u00a0 Write out your plan and then create folders online to capture the photos as you consolidate them. If you are working with paper photos, you can use photo boxes. \u00a0Make a plan and test it with sorting. \u00a0Remember, you can delete photos as you work to keep only the best photos.<\/p>\n

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Begin consolidating<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Get all your digital photos together in one place. For me that’s on my computer.\u00a0 I email them to myself from my smart phone, download from Facebook, and move them from my camera with a cord. \u00a0There are many services that automate<\/a> consolidating to get all your phots in one place such as GooglePhotos, Dropbox and AmazonPhotos. \u00a0Keeping all your photos in one place makes it easy to know what you have.<\/p>\n

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Always backup<\/a> your photos.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are lots of ways to do this.\u00a0 I use Carbonite to back up all the time. Highest recommendations are for for GooglePhotos, Dropbox, Smugmug<\/a> and Shutterfly.\u00a0 Each allows a certain amount of space with additional space for a fee. Scanning is the way to back up your paper photos. There are options for you to scan<\/a> yourself or services to delegate.<\/p>\n

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Taking the next step is the fun part<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Decide what photos you want to print, create a digital photo album, or create a gift. \u00a0 I keep framed pictures of grand kids throughout my home. I know the frame sizes so each season I print out an updated photo.<\/p>\n