If you’re like me, your phone’s camera roll is probably overflowing. From celebrating my mom’s milestone birthday with a floral-themed bash in my hometown of Mobile, Alabama, to spending America’s birthday on Jekyll Island, Georgia, biking beneath moss-draped oaks and watching fireworks from the beach, to sandbar-hopping through the turquoise waters of Islamorada in the Florida Keys, I already have hundreds of images from the summer to sift through.
While I want to make a keepsake photo album for my mom and frame some of my family’s latest adventures, I’ll admit that I often move on to the next big life event or trip without editing or printing my photos. When I am finally ready, I become overwhelmed with all the photos and choosing the best ones to print. It’s a problem that home organizing expert Christina Keen, owner of Custom Home Organizing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, says she experiences with clients weekly.
“With our mobile phone cameras, we now have the capacity to take thousands of photos, and our camera log becomes inundated,” says Christina Keen, owner of Custom Home Organizing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who has specialized in photo organization for the last 17 years. She advises snap-happy shutterbugs to never let a year pass before printing photos. “Because one year turns into three years, and the content difference is dramatic.” Keen shares five smart tips to keep your cherished photos from collecting digital dust.
Keep A Printing Timeline
Keen recommends printing out photos every quarter or seasonally, so it doesn’t become overwhelming. “In organizing, the only rule is it has to be easy. We make so many decisions every single day, and that’s a big part as to why folks get stuck, because the task of editing and printing becomes daunting after too much time has passed,” she says. “To narrow that down to a quarter, or the last three months, is much more doable.”…