Scrapbook storage photos
Let's cut to the chase, the photos are extremely important and one of the most significant the ingredients in your creation. Many of us tend to let our photos lie in heaps in skolådor or boxes, tucked away in some storage.
To facilitate your creative expression, it is good advice to take hold of your photos, and invest some time in both the sort and store them in a more structured way.
So, how will you keep and even organize your photos !? Below are some tips and suggestions!
Paper photos (printed)
- The first thing to consider is to try to sort the photos in the order you intend to use them in your scrapbooks, per occasion, event, chronologically, family, etc.
- Place the photos in the photo envelopes or similar and place them accordingly in order of the categories. Stop all in a convenient storage box or drawer.
- Do not forget to label so you can find your photos in an easy way...
- Larger images can be stored in the back of the box / box if possible.
- A good way to keep track of your photos is to use standard letter envelope 3 "or 4" photos. Write on the envelope event and date. If you plan to use more materials that do not go down into the envelope, write only on the outside. You can benefit also write down some journaling ideas and shove the envelope! This technology gives you the ability to plan parts of the work in advance and save time overall. It is ocskå much easier to get started once you take out the envelope again!
- So-called photo boxes are very useful for a larger amount of photos. Here you can easily sort and categorize complicity of dividers that you write on.
- Frequently photo album is also a good and easily accessible tool that allows you to organize your photos in preparation for your card and scrapbook projects. Here you can sort them in the order you plan to use the photos in your project!
Digital storage of photos
When you import photos from a camera or a mobile phone, a computer, remember to always try to use the same type of program, which makes it much easier for you when you both to store, process and possibly may then print your photos.
When you want to import your photos, make a habit of this already triaged and import only the best photos. It save you time in the long run.
One way to structure your folders on your computer is to first have a main folder for each year thereafter divide into eg anniversaries, children, mother, father, family, holidays, etc. This saves you time when you are looking for a specific photo. You can also choose to do just the opposite, that is, to put the latter at the top and then divide each category this year.
You should also consider getting an external server as a backup for your photos, in case they get lost on your computer.
To store your photos online is another great way to have a back-up of your precious photos. There are many services such as Photobucket. It's a cheap insurance in case something happens with your computer so that the photos on it disappears.
Another way to store off your computer is to use Google Drive or Dropbox, which lets you use the SMMA folder structure that you already have on your computer. Another advantage is that you can access them from anywhere on the internet! Depending on how much storage space you need, so these services can Koste you an annual fee, but still be well worth using.
More hints can in vedeos below!
- Frequently photo album is also a good and easily accessible tool that allows you to organize your photos in preparation for your card and scrapbook projects. Here you can sort them in the order you plan to use the photos in your project!
Digital storage of photos
When you import photos from a camera or a mobile phone, a computer, remember to always try to use the same type of program, which makes it much easier for you when you both to store, process and possibly may then print your photos.
When you want to import your photos, make a habit of this already triaged and import only the best photos. It save you time in the long run.
One way to structure your folders on your computer is to first have a main folder for each year thereafter divide into eg anniversaries, children, mother, father, family, holidays, etc. This saves you time when you are looking for a specific photo. You can also choose to do just the opposite, that is, to put the latter at the top and then divide each category this year.
You should also consider getting an external server as a backup for your photos, in case they get lost on your computer.
To store your photos online is another great way to have a back-up of your precious photos. There are many services such as Photobucket. It's a cheap insurance in case something happens with your computer so that the photos on it disappears.
Another way to store off your computer is to use Google Drive or Dropbox, which lets you use the SMMA folder structure that you already have on your computer. Another advantage is that you can access them from anywhere on the internet! Depending on how much storage space you need, so these services can Koste you an annual fee, but still be well worth using.
More hints can in vedeos below!
How to Organize Your Printed Photos
Get It Together Scrapbooking Challenge - Album Organization
Organize Your Pictures for Scrap booking
