Strategies for keeping your photos organized in 2012

The good news in our digital era is that even phones can snap decent quality pictures, at times even print worthy. Nevertheless now we’re taking more photos than ever, and hanging on to the bad ones.

Like many of us, photographer Ali Lomshek grew up looking at photo albums, not an endless stream of photos on a computer or phone screen. She wants her three children to enjoy the same tangible experience.

The best backup system

But cloud-based systems that don’t eat up your computer storage might be the best backup system, Thomas says. After all of a tornado, your photos would be accessible. He uses Apple iCloud and Flickr. Some sites let you store up to a few hundred photos free but at the time charge an annual fee for unlimited storage. Another benefit of a cloud system is that by using the site and a password, you can access the photos anywhere to share with friends and family.

This sounds simple, nevertheless now more than ever, we have photos all over the place. In albums, boxes, cameras, phones, computers. Berry says to put photo albums in one spot and to funnel digital photos from cameras and phones into one master folder system.

As for digital display, Vincent likes tablet computers just as iPads versus phones or digital photo frames.