Save Your Photos Day!

How to protect your photography with Timeless Images

You may not be aware, but Saturday 30th September 20223 is #SaveYourPhotosDay.

Save Your Photos Day, apparently, is recognised on the last Saturday of September since being founded by The Association of Personal Photo Organizers in America in 2009.

What is ‘Save your Photo Day??

Save Your Photos Day aims to educate people about the different ways in which they can organise, share, and protect their photographs.

This is a subject that we are passionate about at Timeless Images!

Almost everyone has the ability to take photographs on a day-by-day, hour-by-hour, or even minute-by-minute basis with the phone in their pocket.   All of us probably now have hundreds, if not thousands of photographs in many different locations and formats.

Over our lifetime, we may have albums of precious photos handed down through the family, and perhaps we also have photo albums from our own childhoods. There may be boxes of negatives, photographs, and even slides (remember them?!) in the attic or spare room wardrobe. As technology moved on, we added to our load with floppy discs and CDs to store photos on our computers in all kinds of formats: some just in folders, others in photo software applications. And that’s even before you start adding the various phones we all had over the years and now smartphones into the equation.

What do we do with all these photos?

The problem is that if they are not looked after properly, they risk either being lost or damaged or simply forgotten about.  At Timeless Images, we believe firmly in #memoriesforever.  But this does not happen by chance, these memories need to be nurtured and taken care of. 
Save Your Photos Day recommends that you digitise all your printed photos. You can do this at home either by rephotographing photos or scanning them in: there are apps that can help you to scan, such as Google’s free PhotoScan app.  Another option would be to pay a professional service to digitise your photographs for you and there are companies here in the UK to help you!

Once you have digital copies of all your photos, it is a good idea to store them all in one place and organise them into folders that mean something to you.  When you are happy that they are organised to the best of your ability, then do take a backup just in case anything goes wrong with your master set.

Cloud storage is an excellent way of storing photos. In addition to the well-known cloud storage suppliers – Google, iCloud, MicrosoftOneDrive, and DropBox – there is also a range of more specialised photo storage solutions. Check out  Amazon Prime Photos, Flickr, and Google Photos. Not all cloud photo storage services are free, but they all offer secure storage and a range of additional benefits such as photo editing and products.  Most also allow you to share your photos with family and friends, which will also enable them to enjoy your #memoriesforever whenever and wherever they want to.

Digital storage is great, which as we have seen is brilliant for keeping photos safe but may result in many photos not being showcased as well as they could be. Once you have completely organised your photos then how about choosing some to display in your home? Sifting through the images, you may be inspired to print some of the images and create a photo wall. 

So, on Save Your Photos Day why not look out for some extra special photos to take pride of place in your home? And if you realise that you would like a fresh set of photos of you and your family then perhaps it’s time to consider booking a family photography experience with Timeless Images.

Check out our range of photography experiences here. There is bound to be one that is just right for you, and you can either book online, email us – hello@timelessimagesphotos.co.uk, or call us on 01278424040

Take time this weekend to enjoy #SaveYourPhotosDay and to make sure that you have all the photos you need to create treasured #memoriesforever.