Category: Archive and Backup

This is Part Two of a series on gathering all your photos into a Digital Photo Hub. Read Part One (How to Corral Your Digital Photos) here. Read Part Three (Simple Strategies for Organizing and Maintaining Your Photo Collection) here. Got your photos all gathered into one place? Great! You can breathe a little easier knowing you’re on your way to having any photo available at your fingertips in just a few seconds. Now it’s time to sift through your photos and find out exactly what you’ve got. This second part of our series provides tips to quickly scan and […]

Before the age of digital cameras and smartphones, we shared our photos with family and friends by purchasing extra prints and mailing them via snail mail. Today’s technology allows us to share photos and memories across the miles, with the click of a mouse or a tap on a screen. Unfortunately, this technology can make those photos and their data vulnerable. The privacy of your photos is important, and there are ways to protect the images you share. While we covered information specific to sharing photos in this previous blog post, here we shift our focus toward helping you understand […]

It’s Halloween…and it’s the time of year when you’ll see spooky decorations and creepy costumes everywhere. But to certain people (and you may be one of them)….what REALLY scares them is the term “metadata.” It sounds technical, confusing, and overwhelming. And it’s true….metadata is a little technical. But when you find out more about metadata and how it works, you’ll probably end up appreciating what it can do for you and your family photo collection! This post we will talk about about what metadata is (and how it can be helpful to you), then will give you some suggestions on […]