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By: Patty Barone

Patty Barone — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:36 +0000

Remember, even external hard drives fail. I recently lost two 500 gb external hard drives and a lot of photos along with them. They don’t have fans so they overheat and die. I’ve since installed a 750 gb internal hard drive inside my computer. I burn my photos onto dvd’s then print out thumbnail sheets, put them in a binder using dividers with pockets and keep the cd or dvd in the pocket. You can label them with the date you burned the cd or dvd. You can easily peruse the thumbnails to find the picture you’re looking for then the cd in in the divider pocket.

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By: becky @ our sweet peas

becky @ our sweet peas — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:01:40 +0000

Thanks so much! I like the way you think :)

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:42:01 +0000

To me, it doesn’t make sense to print every photo anymore since we’re snapping pics more than ever! Digital cameras allow for multiple iterations of the same shot and have that handy delete button. Here’s my hierarchy of what’s next after the basic organization:

1. Full resolution jpgs get uploaded online – I use Flickr for both backup and family sharing purposes. Some albums I keep private. If you’re concerned about not sharing any of your photos publicly, services like SmugMug have extra security in place. I like to use the album/photo description boxes as well as the tagging features to store extra information about my photos.

2. Absolute favorites get printed and put in frames – Instead of always adding new frames (though I sometimes do), I like to rotate the latest pics in and out of my existing frames. Removed photos get put in an archival photo box. This category is for truly outstanding images, generally great portraits of one or more family members and sometimes, remarkable landscapes.

3. Tell your stories – Though they say a picture is worth 1000 words, your story will need the written word to be remembered for generations to come. You can do this with the online descriptions I mentioned above, or you can take it to the next level with photobooks or scrapbooks. I count on my Flickr account to provide the full record, but I enjoy digital scrapbooking as a way to creatively honor my memories.

I’ll go into more detail in my next post.