I suppose the one huge downside to storing photos digitally is that you could potentially lose all your photos if your computer crashes or if it’s stolen - but as long as you do regular computer backups, you don’t have much to worry about (at least when it comes to lost pictures!) I didn’t start doing this until roughly 2011, so all my photos before then are edited versions and I usually edited down the size, so the resolution of my photos from 2006-2011 are all really small (I learned that lesson the hard way I guess!) They are not edited or formatted in any way - which is really nice for me because I know that even if I do edit a photo, I can always go back to the original later.
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Monthly and yearly file succession makes the most sense for me - but feel free to organize it by event, holiday, family member, etc.Īlso, all the photos stored on my computer are the “originals”. Since I can almost always remember what month I took a certain photo, it’s a fairly quick process for me to go in and find a specific photo I might need. Our computers have a massive amount of storage, so we’ve been told by Apple that there really isn’t any way our computer will be slowed down by photo storage (we’ll see if this holds true over the next few years though!) I average about 200-300 pictures each month and every single picture goes into the appropriate month’s files. I have specific files for each year - and within each year, I have individual files (or albums) for each month.
Create a designated file (or files) for your digital photos.Īll our photos are stored within “Photos” on our computer. Whenever I plug my phone into my computer, it automatically tells me if there are photos on my phone that did not transfer over - and gives me the option to transfer them at that time (SO SIMPLE!) There are occasions when, for some reason, a few photos fail to transfer, and in those situations, I can simply plug my phone into my computer and manually transfer them over. I’m lucky that 95% of the time, this happens automatically for me due the fact that our phones are synced with our computers. but there really is no way you can get your photos organized unless you get them all in one general location within your computer. That might mean transferring photos from multiple phones, cameras, tablets, etc. The first step (in my opinion) is to get all your photos in one place. Here is the step-by-step process of exactly what happens from the time I take my pictures to the time they are fully organized (digitally).
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However, everything I mention below can definitely be done without any Apple products - I know because I organized my digital photos this way for years before we had iPhones or Mac computers. That in itself helps to simplify and streamline the process. One thing to note is that Dave and I take 100% of our photos with our iPhones and we both use Mac computers that are synced together and to both of our phones. If you’re struggling to find a functional (yet simple) way to organize and keep track of all your digital photos, take a look at how I do it - maybe some of my ideas will work for you. HOWEVER, if I didn’t have a system to organize my digital photos, I’m certain it would feel much more overwhelming to locate specific photos filed away on my computer. This is super convenient because it doesn’t take up space in my home, I never need to look at piles of photo clutter, and I really don’t need to worry about my photos being ruined or lost (see below for how I backup my photos and photo books).
Since I rarely print individual pictures, and since I have scanned in every picture from Dave’s and my childhood, my main method of photo storage is digital - on my computer and/or online. In some ways, having digital cameras and smartphones has lessened the physical clutter of photos - but in other ways, it makes photo organization seem THAT MUCH MORE overwhelming because there are such massive quantities of photos everywhere, and we don’t know where to begin. Based on the email questions I get, and my past experiences working with in-home organizing clients, I would dare to bet that photos are one of the most commonly stressed-about areas of “clutter”.
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