Today we are chatting with Molly Bullard from Seattle Photo Organizing. We have so, so many questions about getting photos organized from digital photos to print photo as well as navigating keeping our memories safe in this digital age.
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Mollys is the founder and organizer for Seattle Photo Organizing. She works one on one with clients to digitize photos, create photo books, videos, and cloud archives. She also teaches monthly classes to throughout Seattle on topics such as: How to Organize their Loose Pictures, Organize their Digital Pictures on PC and Mac, and how to create Digital Photo Books.
We learned so much from Molly’s knowledge and experience working with photo collections. During the interview, she walked us through the steps to take as you work on getting your photos organized:
1. Backup
First, be sure all your photos are backed up (both Bethany and I have learned the hard way!). It is best to have 3 different copies of your photos; on your computer, an external hard drive at your home, and an offsite copy using a cloud based service.
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2. Label and Sort
Next, start with today’s photos by labeling and sorting into folders. As you sort and label by date and event, you are able to weed out photos that don’t contribute to the story you are telling with your photos.
Continue working through your photos ny going backwards in time. Molly gives some great examples of how to label in the episode.
For print photos, collect all the photos together from throughout your home and start sorting the messiest box first. From that messy box you are able to create high level categories that will be your guide as you continue to sort your print photos.
As you sort, ask yourself, “Is this a photo someone would want? Does this photo contribute to the story I’m telling?” These questions bring you back to the goal of your project because it is so easy to get sidetracked when organizing photos.
Once you have labeled and sorted, you can scan the print photos you’d like to digitize.
3. Sharing Photos
This can look different based on your goals. If you want to share a link to a collection of photos Molly recommends:
You can also create a photobook. There are so many services available but a few favorites are:
4. What does Done look like?
Organizing photos can be a long, hard process so decide ahead of time what the endpoint of your project is. What does “done” look like for you?
It could just be all your photo organized in a box. You don’t have to be publishing photo books or making videos to be done. Think about what 80% done would look like compared to the 20% done and aim for the 80%.
Connect with Molly Bullard
You can connect with Molly and find out more about her services on her website SeattlePhotoOrganizing.com. You can also find her on Facebook.
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This was a timely podcast for me. I had decided, a few years ago, I was going to scan in all my old print photos into Photos on my Mac. I knew it would be a huge project as I had 10 large albums dating back to the 1970’s. Not only had I not looked at my old print photos recently, but I read an article recently that “Kids don’t want their parents stuff”… and we don’t have children…. so I worried about who would dispose of all my STUFF. I am nearly finished scanning and organizing into yearly folders/albums, unless there was a large event for a particular year. I do have I cloud storage and also have an external drive that backs up every day. I then disposed of the print photos, with the exception of my wedding photos. I have found that I have looked at these older photos much more frequently since they are so easily accessible on my computer/phone/Ipad. It is a huge job but I am so happy I undertook this project!
Wow, what a big project. I love that you are enjoying your photos even more now!