With the amount of digital photos we have these days, it can be easy to be overwhelmed by them! Organizing them is key to being able to then preserve them in photo-memory books and pages. Scroll down for lots of helps!
There are lots of specific tips below about organization, etc., but {the most important thing to know about digital photo storage is right here.}
BASIC HELPS
If you need some basic help just getting your photos off your phone, here are two helps:
- How to get your photos from your phone to your computer. Click here. Or if you prefer a video tutorial, click here.
- How to stop being overwhelmed by your photos. Click here (includes video tutorial).
PHOTO ORGANIZATION
This three-part series walks you through photo organization and decluttering to photo storage and preservation (and why they're not the same thing) and finishes with 10 strategies for consistency.
And here's a great photo organization system you can set up to your liking right in your Forever account using Albums and Nested Albums. I show you how to keep track of your photos using Tagging, too!
The articles I've listed below will help with BOTH physical (printed) and digital photo organization. Just click the links and you'll be taken to the articles, which are FULL of ideas and help!
- {Photos to Conquer? Start with Organization}
- {How to Organize Both Printed and Digital Photos}
- {When Photo Overload Becomes Photo Overwhelm}
- {Making a Plan to Catch Up on Your Photos}
- {Decluttering and Organizing Photos}
PHOTO CLOUD STORAGE (for videos, too!)
There are a lot of cloud storage options out there that offer much less than we actually want for our precious photos and memories. This article highlights what is offered by popular options and compares them to Forever, and this one is a must-read about the (unbelievable!) policies in the fine print of popular cloud services.
Forever accounts offer not only complete privacy but also permanent photo storage which you buy once and therefore own--and your photos are guaranteed to outlive you by 100 years (including file migration done for you if file formats change in the future)!
Here are a few more things that make Forever Cloud Storage a much better option than Google.
You can learn more about the perks of Forever Storage at a webinar I taught in February 2022 and why Forever is my top recommendation for digital photo storage--plus you can store video and audio files there as well! The recording of the webinar is here:
PHOTO SCANNING & OLD MEDIA DIGITIZING
Forever Box scanning and digitizing services for photos, 8mm and 16 mm film, VHS tapes, documents, external hard drives, slides, negatives, and more.
Forever Digitizing is the highest rated digitization service on Trustpilot (an independent consumer review site), and you can find more detailed information about Forever Digitization and even how-to videos here.
You can learn about my personal experience using Forever Digitization the first two times at that link. (I've used it since but haven't written about it.) 😊
Click "digitize" at the website for more information. Forever is currently offering $20 coupons when you open an account, so use your coupon toward your Forever Box!
If you do your own scanning, be sure you scan at a minimum of 300dpi. 600dpi is even better. If you don't own a scanner and choose not to have your scanning done by Forever Digitization, here are some ideas for do-it-yourself scanning:
- Many photo processing centers (like Walmart or Walgreens) have scanners available. You sit down at the kiosk and do your own scanning, then save your scanned photos to a CD or thumb drive. Contact individual photo processing centers for cost information and availability.
- Most Family History Centers have scanners that are free to use. Family History Centers are located inside some churches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around the world. {This map} will allow you to find a Family History Center near you with its specific hours of operation.
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