Digital Photo Organizing Archives - Page 9 of 10

April 17, 2018August 28, 2025Archive and Backup, Digital Photo Organizing, Digitize and PreserveBy Julie Kessler

How to Corral Your Photos So You Can Share and Secure Them

This is Part One of a series on gathering all your photos into a Digital Photo Hub. Read Part Two (The 3-Step Process for Finding and Eliminating Your Duplicate Photos) here. Read Part Three (Simple Strategies for Organizing and Maintaining Your Photo Collection) here. If you’ve got photos stored in many different locations, it can feel overwhelming and chaotic. Most of us have photos stored: On multiple devices (like your phone, tablet, computer, or social media accounts). In “the cloud” (a backup system run on the Internet). In Dropbox or Google Photos. On social media accounts like Facebook and Instagram. […]

March 30, 2018August 28, 2025Archive and Backup, Digital Photo Organizing, Technology TipsBy Julie Kessler

Your Photos, Your Privacy: Tips for Safe Online Sharing

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 […]

February 2, 2018August 28, 2025Digital Photo Organizing, Print Photo OrganizingBy Julie Kessler

A Photo Organizer’s Best Tips for Dealing with Difficult Photos

Most of us have a few photos in our collection that are difficult to look at. They could be photos of a former spouse or partner, a friend you’ve drifted away from, or even a house that held painful memories for you. Photos are a vital part of your life story – your entire life story, even the difficult parts. Your photos may include faces, spaces, or events you don’t want to view – yet those same images tell your story, at that particular a moment in time. That includes your hairstyle, the size and shape of glasses, your beloved […]

December 21, 2017August 28, 2025Archive and Backup, Digital Photo Organizing, Print Photo OrganizingBy Julie Kessler

How to Meet Your Photo Organization Goals in the New Year

It’s the time of year to look back on the previous 12 months, and look ahead to all the new possibilities to come. We may even write down a list of New Year’s Resolutions to help give life a sense of balance and renewal after the busy holiday season. Is getting your photos organized on your list of 2018 resolutions? Or do you want to create a photo album, get all your home movies digitized, or “rescue” the album of one of your older relatives? The best way to make sure you actually stick with your resolutions is to make […]

October 30, 2017August 28, 2025Archive and Backup, Digital Photo Organizing, Technology TipsBy Julie Kessler

How Photo Metadata Can Help You Preserve Your Family Stories

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 […]

September 22, 2017August 28, 2025Celebrations, Digital Photo Organizing, Family Legacy, Memories and Tributes, Print Photo OrganizingBy Julie Kessler

7 Ways Photo Organizers Can Help Seniors

I love working with seniors in my professional photo organizing business. I enjoy helping seniors preserve the family legacies that are captured in their photos, while being mindful of managing a photo collection that they would like to pass onto their children and grandchildren. I define “seniors” as anyone in their 50s and older with grown children and grandchildren. Seniors are especially important to me – maybe because I’m technically a senior citizen, too! I enjoy the chance to help my own tribe of people who share my passion for families and their stories. In this post, I’ll be talking […]

September 1, 2017August 28, 2025Archive and Backup, Celebrations, Digital Photo Organizing, Digitize and Preserve, Family Legacy, Print Photo OrganizingBy Julie Kessler

How a Professional Photo Organizer Cleaned Up Her Own Photo Mess

Yes, I’m a photo organizer…and up until very recently, my own photo collection was a mess. My family includes baby boomer parents and millennial children, and I think our photo collection was pretty typical of most families like ours. We had: Print photos from the 1950’s through approximately 2004, including some heritage images inherited from both sides of our family. Print photos and corresponding CDs of the images, starting around 2003. Digital images from our SLR camera, from about 2008. Recent smartphone images, from the last few years. Finished photo albums and unfinished photo projects. Any photos used for completed […]