I have a hangover: the power of the picture

I currently have a vacation hangover…only I wasn’t really on vacation. If you follow me on Facebook, you saw that one of my dear friends from high school just lost his wife to cervical cancer. She was only 48. Jay’s friends rallied and several of us road tripped down to Nashville to Jill’s service last week. It was beyond sad and my heart aches for Jay and his kids, but amongst the sadness, there was so much joy in getting together with old friends and sharing memories.

What are your photo organizing fire starters?

What motivates you to get a photo project started? Coming off of vacation, I have about 683 projects I would like to complete with the pics I took. I recognize I'm a little photo crazy, but I don't think our motivations are all that different. Here are some of the things that motivate me to get going on a photo or video project. I call them my 'fire starters':

Inspired: 3 projects that I was inspired to create

I am queen of last minute, crazy, photo project ideas. I don't plan in that way, but when I get inspired, it's not uncommon for me to be up late, 100% focused on trying to bring that vision to life. Here are 3 photo projects that I was recently inspired to create/complete.

'Organizing Forward' Part 3: Getting down with your printed photos

'Organizing Forward' is all about taking first steps. With your printed photos, one first step that you can take is to get them preserved. The best way to preserve them...scan them.

How photo organizing builds relationships

It probably doesn't surprise you that photos regularly come out at my house during the holiday season. What continues to surprise ME is what happens when they do.

'Organizing Foward' Part 2: Beautiful memories, here we come! Let's find a system...

I recently introduced the concept of "Organizing Forward", which is setting up a system going forward from today, to give you the confidence to eventually go back and tackle your mess of beautiful memories . Since digital photos (mostly on our phones) are a big challenge, let's tackle those first. Questions to ask yourself...

'Organizing Forward' Part 1: What does it mean to ORGANIZE FORWARD?

True or False...have you avoided getting your photos organized because it just seems too hard, too big of a project or because you don't know where to start? If this is your challenge...my tip for you is to ORGANIZE FORWARD.