Pricing Preview
At Picture This Organized, each project is tailored to the size and complexity of your collection.
Photo Organizing
Project Pricing Overview
Below are sample project scopes to help you estimate your investment.
Minimum Project Fee: $3,450
(Assessment + Project Planning)
Small Collections
Range: 3,000–15,000 items
Typical Investment: $3,000–$17,500
Includes:
- Prints (loose, albums, memorabilia), CDs, DVDs, iCloud/Dropbox
- Organizing, scanning, and setting up your online family site
Medium Collections
Range: 15,000–50,000 items
Typical Investment: $30,000–$40,000
Includes:
- Project Scope:
- Large print/album collections and digital content
- Slides, Negatives and Home Movies
- Services provided:
- Organizing, Scanning, Keywording, Facial Recognition, SmugMug site with organized access
Large Collections
Range: 50,000–150,000 items
Typical Investment: $50,000–$75,000
Includes:
- Extensive print and digital materials
- Duplicate reduction, scanning, cloud/digital storage
- Custom online family sites (SmugMug or Projector)
Extra Large Collections
Range: 150,000–1,200,000+ items
Typical Investment: $60,000–$95,000+
Includes:
- Multi-platform digital files (iCloud, hard drives, old computers)
- Specialty conversions (film, reels, tapes)
- Full-service organizing, digitizing, and custom site creation
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Medium Collection
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Extra Large Collection
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of drives, computers and CDs
Photo Products
Digital Frames
Perfect for showcasing curated collections that rotate automatically
- Cost of Frame: Varies based on brand and size. Typical models range from $200 to $700.
- Setup Fee: Starting at $300 — includes photo curation, formatting, and installation of images onto the frame.
- Ongoing Maintenance (optional):
Monthly plans start at $225/month and scale based on the number of new photos taken and frequency of updates. This may include photo selection, editing, metadata adjustments, and syncing with your backup system.
Custom Photo Albums
Timeless, heirloom-quality albums tailored to your family’s story
- Design Fee:
- Limited Text Albums – Start at $3,500 for album design, plus printing/publishing costs.
- Storytelling Albums – Pricing varies based on project scope. Includes:
- Historical research
- Family interviews
- Transcription of audio
- Narrative writing
- Photo selection and design
- Publishing
These elements are billed hourly and customized to each project’s needs.
- Publishing Costs: Vary depending on album size, paper quality, and cover materials.
Photo Collages
A unique way to capture milestones or tell a visual story
- Custom Pricing based on the following:
- Photo Selection
- Photo Editing (cropping, color correction, restoration if needed)
- Layout Design
- Publishing/Printing – costs depend on size and materials (framed, mounted, etc.)
- Ideal for anniversaries, graduations, memorials, or celebration pieces.
Photo Maintenace
Maintenance Plans
Our Maintenance Plans are ideal for clients who:
- Continue taking new photos and videos each month
- Are too busy to keep things organized on their own
- Want peace of mind that their system will stay up to date
- Need help maintaining a custom setup or curated family site
Monthly Investment: $225 to $1,000+ per month
Pricing depends on the average monthly volume of new photos and videos added to your collection.
What’s Included in Your Plan:
✓ Monthly Photo Collection Updates
- Gather photos from iCloud, shared drives, or uploads
- Organize using your custom categories and structure
- Remove duplicates, filter out screenshots, or non-legacy content
- Tag events (keywords), identify people (facial recognition), and confirm accurate metadata
- Adjust for camera clock issues or international time zones
✓ Curation & Enhancements
- Rate and highlight the best shots
- Minor photo improvements: cropping, color correction, straightening
- Optional restoration of heritage photos
✓ Album & Display Support
- Select photos for Year in Review or milestone albums
- Curate and update content for digital frames
- Prepare images for design projects
✓ Backups & Security
- Maintain a backup of your organized photo library on a dedicated external drive
- Ensure SmugMug (photos) and Projector or Vimeo (videos) sites stay synced and active
✓ Site Management
- Monitor subscription status
- Add new, rated images to your family site
- Customize layout or navigation as needed