Organizing Those Digital Photos
Christmas is over, hopefully your tree and decorations are put away, and if you are like most folks, you now have a lot of holiday photos. Most likely the photos are digital and sitting somewhere on a computer, a memory card, or even still in the camera.
I think the biggest benefit of digital photography is being able to take all the pictures you want. With no worry about the cost of film or developing, you can snap away. So instead or 40 or 60 images, you now can have hundreds from one holiday season. I know some folks who use their digital cameras much like a film one and print them soon after they are taken. At our house, that never happens. Indeed they are scattered. The card was emptied onto the laptop or one computer or another every time it is full and soon we don't know where all the pics are or if we ever even looked at them.
Today I came across an article online at Southern Living all about organizing one's digital photo files. There are lots of good ideas in the article and included are downloadable templates to make the cute CD covers at left. There are many more than those pictured and something to suit nearly every occasion. I printed one out and it fit like a charm with no adjustment. There is space provided for the date and event or subject.
We've been using a digital camera since at least 2003 and have racked up a lot of files. I'm thinking how nice it would be to clear that space on hard drives and place the images in these neat little envelopes in a notebook. Guess I know what I'll be doing in my spare time this week.