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Updated: Mar 19, 2024

I've started a video series that will help you make sense of how to save, organize and use the many (MANY) photos on your phone.


We'll break this huge project down into a series of goals and lessons, as you watch how I back up my photos and organize my personal photo collection.


If you're serious about getting a handle on your digital photos, please reach out to me if you have any questions as we move forward. Email amy@recollectphotomanager.com, find me on Facebook or comment on this blog post.





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I've entered the world of home movie conversion and I am not surprised at how much I am enjoying it! I was always the one who knew how to program the VCR and run the video camera back in the day.


One of the first videos I converted was of my family picking out our Christmas tree on my Uncle Bob's tree farm. It was 1988. My brothers were tossing a football over the rows of trees. My sister was giggling at her own silliness. Mom and grandma walking up and down the rows, trying to get us to focus on picking a tree. Me, taking my job as videographer a little too seriously.


Cut to decorating the tree in our living room on Hull Street. Christmas music in the background from mom's record player. The sound of dad making popcorn in the kitchen. The lively and constant narration as we bring out our favorite ornaments and seek their place on the tree.


Purely sentimental. Full of the sights and sounds of Christmas in 1988. A true holiday classic and better than anything the Hallmark Channel will offer me this holiday season.


I am now offering video conversion from the following media: VHS, DVD, Hi8, 8mm, MiniDV, USB, Flip. I can also convert older digital video files to current file types that are compatible with your favorite cloud service, tablet or phone. Check out pricing for all current services here.


Get in touch now for a one of a kind Christmas gift. Orders placed by November 18 will be ready before December 18.






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Updated: Sep 24, 2023

We have made it to that sweet spot in the seasons. Early fall. My favorite for as long as I can remember and made official on the day we brought out son home in late September 2010.


That day was The Most Perfect Fall Day. There was a cool breeze as we carried him out of the hospital, swimming in his giant carseat. Not a touch of humidity in the air. Bright blue sky and leaves just starting to turn. Midwestern weather perfection.


I have a photo of that somewhere. How often do we say that?


I know exactly where to find the photos of his first days. Digitally, they are stored in the cloud on Dropbox and on an external harddrive that I can access from my desktop or laptop computers. There is a hard copy in our family photo album from 2010.



But there are many, many photos that are a little lost. Not lost for good, just harder to find because we don't have the same connection.


First steps, first haircut, the time we found the giant yellow leaf. First soccer game or baking cookies with Nana. As the years go by and events start to repeat, they pile and overlap in our memories until it's not as easy to find exactly what we're looking for in our photos. We can remember what, but not exactly when.


Digital photos that are organized not only by event or chronology, but by person and place is the best way to ensure that our photos are easily found. Most of the work I've done so far with Recollect has been scanning and preserving print photos. But organizing digital images is just as important. We must back them up and save them on reliable services and devices that will aid our memory keeping, not confuse it.


If you are interested in learning how to best save and organize your digital photos, get in touch with me and I will help you get started.


Amy

Facebook: @recollectphotos

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