You probably hear this a lot: (in the nagging tone of your older relatives) “Why haven’t you printed any of your pictures?” or “Why don’t you have any albums?” Or the more philosophical *throws hands up to the sky* “Why doesn’t anyone print pictures anymore?!”
The truth? Because we saw them already. They’re right there on our phone or camera or computer. We can look at them whenever we want. We don’t have to wait to finish a roll and then wait an additional 2 days, or if we’re going back further in time, a whole week to get them developed. In fact we can see the picture immediately after it’s been taken.
It’s okay guys; it’s just how things are now. You don’t have to be ashamed, but what you do have to be is organized.
There must be some controlled chaos to your digital photo collection. Back in the day, you didn’t take as many photos because you didn’t want to waste film. Now, there’s practically no limit, so you probably have quite a lot.
First, make sure you delete any and all photos with closed eyes, odd angles, double chins, cut off limbs etc. Then organize them by date or event or location. An easy way is to do it as you go, but the easiest way is to do it with apps like Locket.
Locket organizes and categorizes your pictures for your right after you take them. Making it easy to sort by child or month. It can even take all of your photos and create an album at the click of a button. And with their new digital photo frame, you can automatically transmit all those awesome pictures straight through to those amazing relatives of yours. You might even miss the nagging…
