I do a 20 page soft cover photobook every 2 months ($9.86 at big w online - free pick up in store or $3 postage) and then get some extra prints for the family albums (normally between 9c and 15c each, again through big w)
and then I do a hardback coffee table book (between $20 and $50 depending on how many pages I need) for special things - wedding, holiday, etc.
when I haven't been up to date for a while, I do a sort by date, and pull them into different sub folders, to make it easier to pick out the best snaps, and then I put the best snaps into a "to print" folder for easy and quick uploading.
works well for us
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Last edited by peanutter; July 22nd, 2011 at 09:35 AM.
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I sooooo need to start getting my photos in order!!
When I had DSs1&2 I was really good. That was before digital cameras and phone cameras, when you actually had to take the film in to get the photos printed (oh I feel old) But I did it regularly and put them into albums all in order.
Now all these years later when it should be easier with all the technology at your finger tips I can't get it together I've got photos floating around everywhere, on the computer in random files, in my phone and some on disc. I got really worried a few months ago that something would happen the computer so I actually put a few 100 onto disc.
Ok, thank you Tanstar, you have motivated me! As of tomorrow I am going to start getting organised. I've even got frames waiting to be filled and put up. I need to get to it they wont get printed and into books and frames on their own!
Thanks everyone! I think I need to go down the path of photo books - I think I will try and catch up and do one for each of the kids for each year of their lives and then some special ones as well!!!
Nelle - It is RIDICULOUS! That is from when we first got a digital camera about 8 years ago or something like that!
I haven't printed a photo since Aug 09! So we have a few on the PC.
I keep them all in folders - the main folder is "Unprinted Photos" and the sub folders are the months that the pics were taken. From there, when I have time, I upload them to BigW photos (so I have an external backup). My plan is when specials hit, print out a month at a time.
But then I have to buy photo albums.....and find storage......
I do photo books for special stuff, like holidays.
i have been doing photo books (using creative memories program) saving the pages and uploading to snapfish to print leather bound books. they are less exxy than CM and momento, but still pretty good quality. i will do cheapy big w soft cover ones for DD to have a look at - or will print through artscow when they have freebies or good bargains (we also print these options for gifts)
i have, for the past couple of weeks, been working on DD's 2nd year photo book. i'm having a great time doing all the layouts and journalling. it comes out to about 80 pages (maybe more) - her first year book was 76 pages - plus some photos taken by Sam (raven) in another book, plus her cake smash, plus her actual birthday book... this year i have been a little quieter with the camera lol
the snap fish ones were really great value when they had either a buy one get one free offer or 40% off just before Christmas - i even got around to printing our photos from our wedding!!
Thanks for all the ideas ladies! You got me motivated and last night I started working on and saving a photo book for Izzy's first year! I love that you can work on them and save them! Do you think I should do a separate one for each year of the kids lives? So Iz would have 4 of them and J would have 3? or combine them from when he was born and just do year to year?! I m not sure how to do go about it!
i would do them individually - when they are older, it is easier to give them their own books than to work out who gets what. you could have photos or pages that cross into both books because both kids are in them - and then if you are journalling, you can write the messages more about the child that the book is about (so, when DS was born, you could have the comments about him meeting his big sister - and in hers, about how she reacted, how she helped etc). it might come up a little more exxy to do it that way when it comes to printing, but i would do it so that there are no issues later. if you're doing "events" you could print two copies of the exact same book for them to have later.
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I've got photos floating around everywhere, on the computer in random files, in my phone and some on disc. I got really worried a few months ago that something would happen the computer so I actually put a few 100 onto disc.
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