Comments on: Easy Organizing – 8 Tips For Storing Photos

By: Terri

Terri — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:13:24 +0000

Since the day my first child was born, I have always kept my negatives grouped in envelopes (labeled w/ date and topic) in my safety deposit box. Have you ever heard of a bank vault burning? Not me. I couldn’t bear to tell my kids that all their childhood pictures were lost to fire, smoke/water damage or tornado. I also have memories of my mother who died young and all my childhood pictures. Plus all my important papers are safely tucked away w/ all my precious photos.

By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:47:25 +0000

Good ideas but the one about keeping negatives doesn’t go far enough. Don’t store your negatives in the same place as your pictures. I give my negatives to my sister and store all of hers. Everyone thought we were crazy until my brother lost everything in a fire. We were able to reproduce most of the ones he treasured. (The same thing applies to your computer back-ups. Take the time to make copies and put them elsewhere.)

By: Patti

Patti — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:56:49 +0000

Here’s another tip about saving old photos… don’t use those “magnetic” photo albums! After a while, the photos become bonded to the adhesive and you can ruin photos trying to get them off.

By: c5

c5 — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:37:06 +0000

Organizing is one of my problems. Being spontaneous, I tend to be disorganized and do organize once in a while.