Over the years I’ve shared many family yearbook posts here on the blog and it’s time to reveal my latest album! It looks a little different than prior years because I tried a fabric cover- I wanted something fancier to display on our living room table. It’s a 10×10 photo book from Printique (my favorite)...
Ever wondered how to include VIDEOS in a photo book? This is how I do it! When I discovered the 1 Second Everyday app 5 years ago, I started taking more and more video clips with my iPhone. Gradually I noticed my memory keeping behaviors shifted- the number of photos I took decreased and the...
I’m excited to bring you another photo book comparison post, but this one is a little different- I looked at SOFTCOVER photo books this time! For my last two comparison posts, I was specifically looking for a higher-end hardcover photo book with impressive quality for printing my annual family yearbooks. I only make one copy...
As a professional photo organizer who has invested quite a lot of money in scanning equipment, my stance has always been that phone scanning apps can’t achieve the same high quality results of a scanner. But now that phone cameras are pretty decent, I was curious about how the scanning apps would stack up side-by-side....
I’m for SURE dating myself with this reference, but I remember the days when we would pop our family home video into the VCR and laugh as we watched the playback. Now, in a digital world, our videos are usually stuck on the small screen of our phone and don’t often see the glory of...
Two years ago I did a photo book comparison where I ordered the exact same book from seven different places to compare quality and value. That post was really popular and I continue to field a lot of questions for my thoughts on ‘xyz’ photo book company that wasn’t in my initial comparison. So I...
Over the years I’ve shared many a family yearbook post here on the blog, but this one is a special one for me. Prior to now my posts have always, always been about Project Life + Blurb. It was my ‘system’ and I stuck with it for eight years. And it worked fine until suddenly...
In order to convert video into digital formats, you’ll need 3 things: – a computer– a video capture device– a video player that can play the format of tape/reel you want to convert For most types of video tapes, it’s very difficult (and expensive!) to get your hands on a playing device. Even VCRs, a...
At the end of each year, I like to take all of my random iPhone video clips and compile them into one, long annual video reel for my family to enjoy. Sort of like the ‘old’ days when we’d pop the camcorder tape into the VCR and watch home videos as a family (am I...
One of the questions I’m asked most frequently is ‘how do you organize your videos?’ I think it’s because my title, Professional Photo Organizer, makes it sound like I just organize Photos and completely ignore that Videos exist (that’s definitely not the case). Here’s the answer: I organize photos + videos together, in the...
If you have kids, of any age, I know you are familiar with the struggle: what do you do with alllllll the artwork? In the beginning, I’d hang a few pieces on the fridge, send a few more to relatives, but then feel guilty throwing everything else in the trash (especially when the kids bust...
Get this…. right now, in 30 seconds, you can drastically improve the quality of your photos and it doesn’t require an ounce of skill! There are three SUPER simple changes you can make with your phone photography that will help make your images more crisp, clean and natural. three easy things you can do to...
My monthly ‘theme’ for May is random Mac tips + tricks (iPhone + computer) that you may never have used that will make your life EASIER! Today’s post is all about the Photos App! 5 HELPFUL IPHONE PHOTOS TRICKS 1. Filter by Media Type Feel like your Camera Roll is full of junk and clutter, but...
My monthly ‘theme’ for May is random Mac tips + tricks (iPhone + computer) that you may never have used that will make your life EASIER! Today’s post is all about the iPhone Camera! 5 HELPFUL IPHONE CAMERA TRICKS 1. GRIDLINES Gridlines displayed on the camera screen are really useful! I use them when I’m...
Confession: I have a bit of a photo scanner addiction. I currently own eight scanners, all of which serve various purposes. The benefit of trying so many scanners is that I’ve learned what I like and don’t like. And I can save YOU the hassle + expense by leading you right to the BEST ones...
Are you swimming in digital photos? Have you transferred photos from computer-to-computer, phone-to-phone and you feel like you have TONS of duplicates? Good news! You can identify + delete them AUTOMATICALLY in a few quick clicks with these tutorials. how to remove duplicates from your photo library For Mac users: I recommend the Photo Sweeper...
I’m going to let you in on a little secret, friends… Digital Photo Organizing Sessions are MY FAVORITE PRODUCT OFFERING! They’re also the service that’s currently in highest demand in my Photo Organizing business. I know there are SO MANY people out there that NEED this service so I wanted to spotlight it today and...
In my Backup Bootcamp, I share my simple process for organizing your digital photos and backing them up to the cloud. While there are many different cloud service providers (I share a few of them in the Bootcamp), my favorite is Amazon Prime Photos. I thought it would be fun to share some of my...
I have been printing my family’s Project Life albums through Blurb for 6 years (I’ve printed 6 family yearbooks + 2 baby books with Blurb) and, through it all, I’ve never had an issue. But when Becky Higgins launched the new photobook functionality within the app last year, I became curious. I knew the ordering...
Over the years I’ve shared many family yearbook posts here on the blog and it’s time to reveal my latest album! It looks a little different than prior years because I tried a fabric cover- I wanted something fancier to display on our living room table. It’s a 10×10 photo book from Printique (my favorite)...
I have 2 kids and often wonder if I should get 2 copies of a family yearbook, for them each to have one some day. What are your thoughts on that?
I’m slowly making my way through your course and consolidating all of our photos from different digital sources. Your course is so I easy to follow and keeps me on track-thank you! ReplyCancel
No I don’t personally make extra copies for the kids. I’m not sure they’ll want them and it’s a lot of $$ plus storage space. But an idea would be to create softcover copies for the kids. I wrote this blog post with suggestions on that: https://missfreddy.com/professional-photo-organizer/where-should-you-print-your-softcover-photo-book/ReplyCancel
Beautiful and inspiring! I’ve been wanting to make a book for my mom. The problem is that what I can afford to do for her (cover, lay-flat, size) is not something my siblings can do for themselves, yet they want to purchase a copy of the book I create for Mom. It makes complete sense, but I don’t have an answer (so have procrastinated the project). Do you know of a company where I can create the book, and family members can purchase less expensive versions?ReplyCancel
If you use the AlbumStomp program (the one I use) to design the book, you can upload the pages to print anywhere. So you could purchase a fancier copy for yourself. Then upload the pages somewhere else where books are less expensive for your siblings to purchase- like Chatbooks or Shutterfly. You could even do a softcover to save more money as well.ReplyCancel
Ever wondered how to include VIDEOS in a photo book? This is how I do it! When I discovered the 1 Second Everyday app 5 years ago, I started taking more and more video clips with my iPhone. Gradually I noticed my memory keeping behaviors shifted- the number of photos I took decreased and the...
I’m excited to bring you another photo book comparison post, but this one is a little different- I looked at SOFTCOVER photo books this time! For my last two comparison posts, I was specifically looking for a higher-end hardcover photo book with impressive quality for printing my annual family yearbooks. I only make one copy...
As a professional photo organizer who has invested quite a lot of money in scanning equipment, my stance has always been that phone scanning apps can’t achieve the same high quality results of a scanner. But now that phone cameras are pretty decent, I was curious about how the scanning apps would stack up side-by-side....
I’m for SURE dating myself with this reference, but I remember the days when we would pop our family home video into the VCR and laugh as we watched the playback. Now, in a digital world, our videos are usually stuck on the small screen of our phone and don’t often see the glory of...
Two years ago I did a photo book comparison where I ordered the exact same book from seven different places to compare quality and value. That post was really popular and I continue to field a lot of questions for my thoughts on ‘xyz’ photo book company that wasn’t in my initial comparison. So I...
Over the years I’ve shared many a family yearbook post here on the blog, but this one is a special one for me. Prior to now my posts have always, always been about Project Life + Blurb. It was my ‘system’ and I stuck with it for eight years. And it worked fine until suddenly...
In order to convert video into digital formats, you’ll need 3 things: – a computer– a video capture device– a video player that can play the format of tape/reel you want to convert For most types of video tapes, it’s very difficult (and expensive!) to get your hands on a playing device. Even VCRs, a...
At the end of each year, I like to take all of my random iPhone video clips and compile them into one, long annual video reel for my family to enjoy. Sort of like the ‘old’ days when we’d pop the camcorder tape into the VCR and watch home videos as a family (am I...
One of the questions I’m asked most frequently is ‘how do you organize your videos?’ I think it’s because my title, Professional Photo Organizer, makes it sound like I just organize Photos and completely ignore that Videos exist (that’s definitely not the case). Here’s the answer: I organize photos + videos together, in the...
If you have kids, of any age, I know you are familiar with the struggle: what do you do with alllllll the artwork? In the beginning, I’d hang a few pieces on the fridge, send a few more to relatives, but then feel guilty throwing everything else in the trash (especially when the kids bust...
Get this…. right now, in 30 seconds, you can drastically improve the quality of your photos and it doesn’t require an ounce of skill! There are three SUPER simple changes you can make with your phone photography that will help make your images more crisp, clean and natural. three easy things you can do to...
My monthly ‘theme’ for May is random Mac tips + tricks (iPhone + computer) that you may never have used that will make your life EASIER! Today’s post is all about the Photos App! 5 HELPFUL IPHONE PHOTOS TRICKS 1. Filter by Media Type Feel like your Camera Roll is full of junk and clutter, but...
My monthly ‘theme’ for May is random Mac tips + tricks (iPhone + computer) that you may never have used that will make your life EASIER! Today’s post is all about the iPhone Camera! 5 HELPFUL IPHONE CAMERA TRICKS 1. GRIDLINES Gridlines displayed on the camera screen are really useful! I use them when I’m...
Confession: I have a bit of a photo scanner addiction. I currently own eight scanners, all of which serve various purposes. The benefit of trying so many scanners is that I’ve learned what I like and don’t like. And I can save YOU the hassle + expense by leading you right to the BEST ones...
Are you swimming in digital photos? Have you transferred photos from computer-to-computer, phone-to-phone and you feel like you have TONS of duplicates? Good news! You can identify + delete them AUTOMATICALLY in a few quick clicks with these tutorials. how to remove duplicates from your photo library For Mac users: I recommend the Photo Sweeper...
I’m going to let you in on a little secret, friends… Digital Photo Organizing Sessions are MY FAVORITE PRODUCT OFFERING! They’re also the service that’s currently in highest demand in my Photo Organizing business. I know there are SO MANY people out there that NEED this service so I wanted to spotlight it today and...
In my Backup Bootcamp, I share my simple process for organizing your digital photos and backing them up to the cloud. While there are many different cloud service providers (I share a few of them in the Bootcamp), my favorite is Amazon Prime Photos. I thought it would be fun to share some of my...
I have been printing my family’s Project Life albums through Blurb for 6 years (I’ve printed 6 family yearbooks + 2 baby books with Blurb) and, through it all, I’ve never had an issue. But when Becky Higgins launched the new photobook functionality within the app last year, I became curious. I knew the ordering...
Actually, my name is Casey. As a newborn I resembled Fred Flintstone so my parents nicknamed me Freddy and it stuck. I am a professional photo organizer (yes, that's a thing!) who helps people all over the world make sense of their photo mess through organizing services and self-paced online courses.
I want to help you ENJOY your photos again!
KatMcYou are inspiring but also tool giving. I can’t wait to start seeing finished projects.
Also did you buy two 2020 books one with the fabric and one with the photo wrap?
I like both but may lean toward photo wrap and the larger family photo on the cover.
missfreddyYes, I did actually print a photo wrap cover that matches all our previous years and THEN a fabric one to test it out! I love the look of the fabric one but I also love our photo wraps. The kids seem more drawn to the photo wrap cover.
LisaIt’s so interesting to see how covid lockdowns and school openings are managed differently by state, thanks for sharing your story! Your book is gorgeous, and the Christmas photos of your kiddos are adorable.
KatieI would love to see the pages of your kids picture school along with their own hand writing. I love this idea! And the year In review
LeeAnneI have 2 kids and often wonder if I should get 2 copies of a family yearbook, for them each to have one some day. What are your thoughts on that?
I’m slowly making my way through your course and consolidating all of our photos from different digital sources. Your course is so I easy to follow and keeps me on track-thank you!
missfreddyNo I don’t personally make extra copies for the kids. I’m not sure they’ll want them and it’s a lot of $$ plus storage space. But an idea would be to create softcover copies for the kids. I wrote this blog post with suggestions on that: https://missfreddy.com/professional-photo-organizer/where-should-you-print-your-softcover-photo-book/
GlennaHi.
Regarding those screenshots-do they fit easily or do you have to re-size on another app or software?
missfreddyI don’t usually resize them, no. When I use AlbumStomp to design my pages sometimes it gives an error that the file is too small so I’ll shift it into a smaller section in the collage until the error goes away.
MoniqueBeautiful and inspiring! I’ve been wanting to make a book for my mom. The problem is that what I can afford to do for her (cover, lay-flat, size) is not something my siblings can do for themselves, yet they want to purchase a copy of the book I create for Mom. It makes complete sense, but I don’t have an answer (so have procrastinated the project). Do you know of a company where I can create the book, and family members can purchase less expensive versions?
missfreddyIf you use the AlbumStomp program (the one I use) to design the book, you can upload the pages to print anywhere. So you could purchase a fancier copy for yourself. Then upload the pages somewhere else where books are less expensive for your siblings to purchase- like Chatbooks or Shutterfly. You could even do a softcover to save more money as well.
SarahYour book was 74 pages; do you know how many total photos/images you included? And is 74 pages pretty typical for you and your yearbooks? Thank you!
HillaryThanks for sharing this! I love to see how you incorporate things like google calendar screenshots to compliment the other memories. Such a beautiful book!