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“The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do. ”
Holidays and your photos
It’s the holiday season when time both speeds up and slows down. It’s also when families get together, making it a perfect time to get some older family photos identified.
Is your photo organization project bigger than you thought it would be?
Does looking at your unorganized photo collection may you feel like you are trying to navigate the Amazon river without a Jungle Cruise captain?
Mini-courses to help you organize your photos
All through the month of September, The Picture Org (anizer), in association with The Photo Managers, is presenting a daily tip to help you get motivated to organize, identify, and save your photos for both today and the future. Do you want more than just some quick ideas?
Protecting and storing your printed photos
Once your pictures are organized, you need to protect them. You will spend a lot of time organizing and sorting your original prints. Once you are done, you’ll want to protect and store them in a way that gives them the best chance to survive the ages.
The best backup for your printed photos
Scanning (or digitizing) your pictures is the first step. Our prints and photos all suffer from the risk of loss due to fire, flood, water damage, rodents, mold, mildew, or just general fading. I have seen many photos from the early 1900s that have almost faded out of existence. (I’ve also been able to restore many of them, but that is for another day.)