I recently took inventory of my digital photo collection and discovered that I have over 100,000 digital photos stored between my iPhone, my computer, and various external hard drives and flash disks!
Yep, you read that right…over 100,000 digital photos!
I decided that now is the time to tame the beast and get my photo collection under control. (Lord, help me!)
Coming soon to the Victoria Marie YouTube Channel and Blog, I will be sharing my process for managing digital photos and why I made the decision to take less photos than in previous years.
Spoiler Alert: This was not an easy decision! For now, here are a few of my favorite digital photo organization tools. I will come back to these tools in more detail in September.
Photo Editing: PicTapGo (Apple iOS and Android)
PicTapGo is a photo editing app available for Apple iOS and Android. This app features a variety of filters, basic editing tools, and social share features, perfect for novice photo editors and hobbyist. To learn more, click HERE for iOS or HERE for Android. Cost: $2.99
Digital Photo Cloud Storage: Dropbox
Dropbox is a cloud storage platform that allows users to store a variety of digital files, from photos to documents. Dropbox has both a web-based platform and an app that you can download to your mobile device. To learn more, click HERE! (Subscription prices vary.)
External Hard Drive: G Drive by USB
In addition to cloud storage, I also store my photos on an external hard drive. My pick: The G Drive External Hard Drive by USB. This device plugs directly into your computer and features 1TB, 2TB, or 4TB of storage. To learn more, click HERE! This device is sold online and at a variety of retail office and electronic stores.
Printing Service: Persnickety Prints
When I am ready to print my digital photos, I use Persnickety Prints! Persnickety Prints offers online photo printing services to include single prints, enlargements (and small sizes), photo books, and more. The print quality is fantastic and they have the best customer support. To learn more, click HERE!
Starting in September, I will continue to share more about my digital photo organization process. I am determined to get my photos under control and I am excited to take you along on the journey!
Stay tuned for more!
Wow. I’m finally doing something right. We use the same tools for managing photos. The only difference is I don’t print my photos with Persnickity. Their site drives me crazy and I find I get too frustrated to print anything. I also have a photo printer that I use so that I only print what I scrapbook.
what photo printer do you use @Jennifer Wraspir?
I started Ms Freddy’s Photo Boot Camp July 4th. It looks like I will finally later today have all of my photo sources wrangled. Google Photo was a handful…36 downloads with over a thousand photos in each…some over 4000. I’m thinking my 5 TB EHD May not be big enough. We will see. Hopefully after I run the duplicate finder, it will bring the side down considerably. Good luck. You are bold, taking us with you on this journey.
Thanks! I feel the same about Google Photos – it’s weird.