I am still struggling with organizing our almost 900 digital photos from our Alaska vacation. S far, we have gotten them off of my husband’s laptop and onto our computer hard drive and backed up onto CD. They are even sorted into the days of the vacation. But that is it. I am now stuck. How on Earth am I going to figure out which of this equivalent to 37 rolls of film should be printed? I may just stay stuck for a while. I’m not ready to scrapbook it yet anyway…
I did find a great article about this topic at ScrapsAhoy. It is by Jess Atkinson.
Tips - Organizing Vacation Photos
Picture the scene. You’ve returned from vacation. You’ve unloaded the car, unpacked a little, maybe thrown the laundry down by the washer, and found the most important souvenirs of your trip-the ten rolls of film you’ve managed to shoot over your five day vacation (a reality for many of us, I’m sure!).
You head off to the one-hour developer (with pre-printed labels in tow so you don’t have to waste time writing your name on every envelope) because you just can’t wait for overnight send out. You pick them up later in the day (having pity on your developer and telling her, “Take a few hours . . . I know it’s a lot”), get in the car, rip open the envelopes, and sift through every photo. After you’ve given them at least a cursory glance, you drive home to share them with the family.
Later on, alone, you look through them again. Journaling ideas flood back to you and you’re glad you kept a journal on your trip (or at least saved all the napkins and brochures you jotted details on). Layout ideas are coming fast and furious. Then the realization hits. How are you going to organize over 200 photos into some order, let alone scrap them?
This is my typical after the vacation routine. Read on to find out how I deal with organizing the tons of photos I inevitably end up with.
Read all her tips here.
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