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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 […]

January 29, 2017August 28, 2025Digital Photo Organizing, Digitize and Preserve, Print Photo OrganizingBy Julie Kessler

How to (Finally) Tame Your Photo Mess

We’re headed toward February, and hopefully by now you’re hard at work fulfilling some of your New Year’s resolutions. Perhaps you feel motivated to take care of some of the clutter in your life this year – including household, calendar, and photo clutter! After a busy holiday season, you’ve probably got a lot of disorganized photos on a bunch of different devices. There are tons of opportunities to take great photos during the holiday season, including photos of presents you want to buy, holiday decor you’re considering putting up in your house, holiday meals you ate, and fun gatherings with […]

September 18, 2016August 28, 2025Archive and Backup, Digital Photo Organizing, Digitize and Preserve, Family Legacy, Print Photo OrganizingBy Julie Kessler

Should You Delete (or Throw Away) Your Photos, Videos or Mementos?

Are your closets and file cabinets overflowing with duplicate, blurry prints of old photos? Is your computer hard drive bogged down by enormous video files you’ll probably never watch again? Do you struggle with letting go of sentimental items when you’re trying to declutter your home? If so, you might need some help figuring out what photos, videos and mementos to keep (and which to get rid of) so you can clear out some much-needed space in your home and get clear on what is most important to you. This article will discuss why we hold on to these items […]

July 8, 2015August 26, 2026Archive and Backup, Print Photo OrganizingBy Julie Kessler

Print Organizing Part 3: Securing Your Photos

Once you have selected the prints you want to keep, they should be stored in archive quality, lignin free containers. They should also be kept in a location that’s temperate – not too dry or humid and with a moderate temperature – not too hot or too cold. Photos and memorabilia can deteriorate if not kept in the right conditions. When you are ready to scan, decide whether you’ll be doing the scanning or if you will be outsourcing it. If you’re going to outsource, it helps to communicate your preferences and system to the person or company doing the […]

July 2, 2015August 26, 2026Digitize and Preserve, Print Photo OrganizingBy Julie Kessler

Print Organizing Part 2: Selecting Your Favorites

As you think about which photos to keep, you’re likely thinking about sharing them with family and friends. While you can share the extra copies, we prefer sharing digital copies. This means your prints will need to be digitized. Since this is a bit of an investment, you have some things to consider: Scan now, select and organize later or Organize now and then scan the best ones. We like to organize before scanning because it’s easier to build upon this system and use it for all digital photos. And you avoid the cost of scanning photos you don’t want […]

June 25, 2015August 26, 2026Archive and Backup, Print Photo OrganizingBy Julie Kessler

Organizing Your Print Photos – Getting Started

Most of us have sizable collections of prints and memorabilia taking up space in our closets and storage rooms. Bringing them out of hiding and into our lives can seem like nothing more than a pipe dream. It doesn’t have to be overwhelming. In this 3-part series, you’ll learn the basics of getting started, selecting the best photos and ways to secure them. Step One – Gather your photos. With everything gathered and in the same place, you’ll be able to see what you’re working with. Include the loose prints and the ones you have in albums. You likely have […]