Ready to get those vacation pictures closer to the world of organization? Read on to discover more tips.
From last week's post, we learned the first three steps in organizing your vacation photos: delete, rotate and create folders.
Assuming your goal is to create a photo book from you vacation pictures, the following steps might support you in achieving your goal in a more timely fashion.
I prefer Shutterfly over Snapfish or other online photo retailers. I am not getting a kickback by Shutterfly for saying this - I love their quality and ease of photo book tools.
Please note that these tips are for digital photography. If you prefer to print out your photos and physically scrapbook and organize them, then many of these step will also apply.
Uploading Photos
Instead of uploading all of my vacation photos to Shutterfly, I prefer to do a bit of pre-organizing prior to upload so I don't get overwhelmed by my choices - plus once you've uploaded your photos, you might not be able to see them as clearly since they will not appear as large on your computer screen.
I work on one day of vacation photos at a time in order to make the process simpler.
Step one: grab a scrap sheet of paper and pen so you can write down which photos you want to upload.
Step two: decision making time - go through one day's worth of photos to determine which ones you want to put in your album.
You might think that they all should go in your album (and that might be the case) yet with some careful comparison, you can weed out any repeat and not as interesting photos.
Let's say you took several photos of the Washington Monument. How many of the photos do you use?
I prefer to use one or two - max (unless there is something spectacular about your photo subject or you have a certain theme or style you are creating). One of my photos would be of the full-sized monument and the possible second photo might be of a detail or special angle.
What if you took several photos of the Washington Monument, then took several more that also included your husband? Choose which one looks the best and only include it as your "main" photo focus.
Constantly ask yourself - Is this photo important to my book? What's the value of my adding or excluding this photo from my book?
The more you do this, the easier it will get for you to determine which photos will work best in your book.
Step three: write down the photo numbers/jpegs/names that you want to include in your ablum so it will be easy to upload when the time comes.
Step four: once you have your day one photos selected, then upload them to Shutterfly (or similar site) so you can select them for your album use.
Step five: After you've added the photos to your photo book project, then you can start building your book...one day at a time.
More great vacation photo tips to share next week.
What's your process when tackling large projects? Where would you like to ask for support?
I'd love to hear your comments and discoveries.
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