Two new year resolutions you have to keep

Almost everyone that owns a digital camera takes pictures on Christmas and New Year holidays…ok…lots of pictures. This is also the time when we make new year resolutions. Have you every made any resolutions about your pictures? I believe that there are two new year resolutions that anyone taking pictures should not only make but also make sure they keep.

Learn how to organize your pictures

Yep! That should be the first resolution for everyone using a digital camera. I can’t argue that you probably have more important resolutions for the new year, but when it comes to your digital pictures there is no resolution that is more important. Why is that?

The goal for learning how to organize your pictures is very simple but very important at the same time as well.

Learn how to organize your pictures so that you will be able to enjoy them.

Digital cameras really us take lots of pictures without thinking about taking the perfect shot. We just don’t care anymore that the film is running out. We can just take picture after pictures, after picture…for a long time. Pretty soon we can collect a very large collection of digital pictures.

Unless we create a consistent and efficient plan to organize this large quantity of pictures we will become unable to find our pictures and ultimately instead of enjoying the freedom digital photography brings, we will become frustrated.

Enough said. So, why don’t you resolve to learn how to organize your digital pictures and then actually organize your pictures so you can be free to enjoy them.

Learn how to backup your digital pictures

The second resolution is just as important. Our collection of digital pictures is a collection of important moments of our lives. They contain events, emotions, people and places that are very important to us. Our pictures preserve our memories and every time we look at a picture we can relive our memories. This is great!

Have you ever though about the possibility that all your pictures can simply disappear one day? That’s right…puff…gone ! In today’s digital world, sophisticated and advanced, storage devices do fail without giving any warning signs. Do you have a backup plan for saving your memories?

You should. Take time this year to create a backup plan for your digital pictures. Otherwise the enjoyment you get from your pictures can turn into disappointment.

Essentials for organizing your digital photos

Here are the essential products and services I have come to rely on for many years to keep my media collection organized and safe. Even though these are affiliate links, I wholeheartedly recommend them.

Excellent Lightroom and Picasa alternative. If you need a cheaper and simpler photo manager then ACDSee Photo Studio for Mac (save 20% until Feb 15) or ACDSee Pro for Windows (save $20 until Feb 15) is my preferred solution for organizing all my media. It has a very fast browser, great image editing and it's simple to use.

If you do a lot of image editing like I do, I recommend using Adobe Lightroom Classic CC via the annual Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. Lightroom has best photo editing capabilities even though it comes with a steeper learning curve. If you do image editing, Adobe Lightroom is my favorite.

I recommend Backblaze Cloud Backup for affordable & reliable unlimited cloud backup. I have been using Backblaze for backing up all pictures & videos for more than 5 years now. All my invaluable digital memories are safe and secure. This is the best solution especially if you have a large quantity of media files.

Use a reliable & affordable external hard drive for backing up everything on your computer. It is absolutely essential for keeping all your memories backed up and safe.

Start organizing now using detailed, step-by-step instructions and videos:
Personal Coaching (closed) Independent Course Private Lessons
Reference book Basics book Picasa book

YOURS FREE! 10 crucial steps most people miss when organizing their digital photos

Most people want to just organize their digital pictures and ignore these crucial steps right at the beginning...when they are shooting and transferring their digital pictures. Then they wonder why they can't organize their digital photos! Avoid most people's mistakes and start on the right track!

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