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Tips, Tricks, & Thoughts
Discover practical advice on decluttering, organizing, and enjoying your digital and printed memories.
I share thoughts, stories, and insight on a variety of topics:
Avoid Photo Overwhelm During the Holidays
Use these tips to avoid photo overwhelm during the holidays.
The Power of Location Data
Use your phone’s gps location data to see where you’ve been on a map and for more powerful searching!
Silvered Photos: Can They Be Saved?
Silvered prints can be digitally restored with a high quality camera scanned image.
Introducing the Inside Photo Organizing Podcast!
Introducing the Inside Photo Organizing podcast where we bring you photo organizing tips and tricks for everyone from the person who wants to DIY to other pros in our industry.
Three Ways to Share and Collect Photos with Family or Friends on Vacation
Three easy ways to collect and share photos with family and friends while on vacation.
Stepping into the frame: put yourself in the picture
Are you the picture taker in your family? It’s time to step into the frame and put yourself in the picture. Your family and friends will thank you.
Arrange Wander Focus turns 1!
Arrange Wander Focus is 1! I have hit the year mark photo organizing, helping people rediscover their photos and stories - sometimes in anticipation of a special event, sometimes after a difficult loss, sometimes to get things in order so as not to leave a mess for others, and sometimes just ticking an item off of a to do list. Bring on year 2!
Three Ways to Share a Family Photo Collection
What is the best way to share your photos? In this post I discuss my favorite three ways to share a photo collection.
Holiday Gift Guide!
Create personalized photo gifts for the people you love this holiday season. Here are my top seven - not quite ten - favorites.
Searching for faces on your iPhone
Take advantage of the iPhone’s built-in facial recognition feature to search your library for specific people. You can even search for multiple people together.
Did you know your camera roll is actually a searchable photo database?
Use the built in search capabilities, keywords, and captions to find any photo at anytime.
Who gets this photo?
How do you split up photos for you children and family? Scan and share them instead. Unlike you, your photos can be in two places at once!
5 tips to stay organized as you head out on vacation
Organize your vacation photos as you go to avoid photo overwhelm when you get home.
Three tips to make an amazing slideshow
Want to make a great slideshow? Here are three tips to help get you there.
A video book makes a fabulous gift for graduation and other special events!
Looking for a great graduation gift? How about a video player filled with videos of your graduate. A perfect gift for your graduate and for a technologically-challenged family member!
Apps I love: 1SE
One of my favorite photo apps is 1 Second Everyday. It mashes together 1 second video and photo clips to tell your personal story.
Why I love keywording my photos and why you should too
Keywording your photo library allows you to find any picture within a matter of seconds. It’s what truly makes your library enjoyable.
Put yourself in the picture
An easy way to make sure you come home from vacation with pictures of the whole family. Together.
Capture family stories before they are gone
Preserve the stories that accompany your old family photos before it is too late.
Three Reasons to Organize Your Travel Photos and Three Quick Tips to Use on the Road
Do you love to travel? In this post I discuss three ways an organized photo collection can enhance your trip and three quick tips to help keep you organized on the road.