How to organize my photos
How I did it: I'm a scrapbooker so to have my photos organized was important to me. Plus lots were in old, damaging magnetic albums so those needed disassembling. I bought a few photo boxes (three in total). One box is photos from topics I've already scrapbooked. These are the extras. Now I use them in funny cards, or I can make other gifts out of the extras, or I'll just know at some point that it will be ok to throw them if that's what I feel like. The other boxes are events/topics I have not scrapped, but might. That way I can be more cautious about what I use up in there, though I know deep down I probably won't go back to much of it. So I have two kinds of boxes: "Negatives/already scrapped" and "Maybe to scrap."
Within the boxes the photos are organized by year, and if there are enough, event.
My digital photos are not as organized, maybe that's a second part of my goal that needs working since I'm writing this a year or two later . . . they are in iPhoto and labeled in the library.
Lessons & tips: Undo your old, acidic albums. They will only damage your photos. The sooner, the better.
BACK UP YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOS. I nearly lost all mine. Wouldn't have died, and luckily ($125 later) they were recovered, but now I have them on an external hard drive as well.
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