This photo was taken just a few months after Hurricane Ian devastated Southwest Florida. I spent months helping people salvage and restore their flood damaged photographs. That work had my mug splashed all over the news, flown to LA and NYC to talk on national television about the joy that…
External hard drives – explained in simple terms
You’re not looking to pick up an extra career in the tech world but you do want to understand the basics so you can make sure your digital photographs are all safe. If that’s you, I know exactly how you feel! I’m happy to help you skip as much tech…
Personalized Holiday Gifts for Everyone!
Okay, maybe it’s a little early to talk holiday gift giving….. But I have a good reason 🙂 Yes, I know, Thanksgiving isn’t even here yet….. BUT in the world of personalized photo gift giving you really need to plan ahead for that extra time that a customized gift takes….
Getting Photographs Off Your Phone Without a Computer
Try one of these iPhone solutions! And keep reading if you need help deciding which is best for you. It’s definitely important to get those phone photographs backed up! I suggest keeping them in multiple places. One good option is a cloud service like Amazon Photos or Dropbox. You should…
Photo Scanning App Vs. Photo Scanner
First things first!!! Can we all agree that it is imperative that you get those old print photographs scanned? Simply put, they are just not safe if you don’t have a digital back up of each of your prints. I am on a mission to make sure everyone is on…
Print those phone pictures already!
I am religious about this one and I can tell you my entire family is thankful for it. We all enjoy those pictures and I cherish the conversations that are prompted by the pictures just as much as the photographs themselves. The reason I am able to so easily do…
Negative talk…
Correct that…. positive talk about negatives! 🙂 When it comes to photo organizing, I get a lot of questions about old negatives. Here are some of the most common questions and my suggestions! How do I get a digital scan of a negative? Many scanners come with an adapter to…
It’s all about perspective….
Is your photo organizing project under way? My step-father recently told me that he had located boxes of his own childhood photographs and wanted help getting digital copies of those pictures. When I got together with him I saw (for the first time) the most amazing collection of photographs from…
Metadata! Like writing on the back of a photo, only cooler.
Metadata: (according to Webster) a set of data that describes and gives information about other data. Why should we all know this tech term when photo organizing? Basically said, it’s like writing on the back of the photo. It’s all of the details we would want to have captured about…
Storing old pictures in boxes? Here’s why that’s a bad idea!
So you have old family pictures, shoe boxes full to be exact, and you feel like they are nicely stored away for safe keeping. I’m here to tell you, that may not be the case. After Hurricane Ian I spent months helping people to try to save their flood damaged…