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Magnetic Photo Rope - $12
8 so-tiny-yet-so-mighty neodymium magnets hold your photos to a thin steel cable you can hang just about anywhere. Now in 5 colors! More →
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alicia954
878 days ago
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How do you store and organize your photos?
I have tons of photos from pre-digital days, and my organization system has been to write a few things about the photos on each envelope like "Halloween 2007" or "college" and then put those in a shoebox. It's not the best way to find a specific photo though.
How do people organize these photos? And is there a better way to store them, in general, without having to buy fancy boxes?
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marysolima
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874 days ago
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i just have a ton of albums and i date each one and put, like, 200 pictures in each album from every few months (i still develop digital pictures...) and i have my "inspiration wall" where i pin up pictures that i like on corkboard in my office...and i also have traditional picture frames and i have a couple pictures up on a magnetic ropes that i actually ordered from photojojo...but besides albums i really don't have any other ways to actually store hundreds of photos
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alicia954
873 days ago
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Thanks, marysoliman! I'm trying to come up with a DIY idea for storing them, but I don't know enough about the proper way to store them. I had these photo albums from when I was younger, and the clear pages now don't adhere properly, and a lot of photos have fallen out. Or the pages have falled out altogether. I wish I developed more digital pictures than I do because I miss having the physical photos.
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wlriv
873 days ago
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pick up a scanner and spend a weekend scanning them into your comp! i have all my old photos stored in shoeboxes, but i scanned in about 300 of the worthy ones, time well spent.
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alicia954
873 days ago
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I have considered doing that as well, since obviously that's the perfect way to preserve the quality forever and ever. I should really do 20 every weekend, or work out some schedule. Do you just have them laying in shoeboxes, or ordered in some way? Are they loose in there?
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wlriv
872 days ago
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each photo only takes about 40 seconds to scan and name. all my hard copy photos are just randomally stacked, no rhyme or reason. the 'total keeper' pics are in albums. i have been obsessed with pictures since my first camera and use to average 2 rolls of film a week so there are a lot of 'throw away' pics that i hang on to (for no good reason)
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sandinmysh
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855 days ago
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i dont know if this is good or not but i had a friend who used to (i think she still does) put them between pages in books -heavy ones- and they were always ok and nothing ever happened to them. i think as long as you have them in a dry place, its not that bad of an idea.
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