Please remember not to spend too much time reminiscing and talking about your memories while you are sorting them. If you look at a photo for more than five seconds, you are reminiscing. If you stick to the five-second rule, the sorting process can be completed in two to four hours. First, take all of your photos and put them on a large table. You will be making two stacks: a "Yes" stack and a "No" stack. If your photos are in albums, it's OK, they do not need to be removed. Post-it notes can be cut in strips and placed on or next to the photo in the album. |
1. All duplicate photos and photos that don't say much. 2. All out of focus photos ... unless there is no other choice. 3. Most plain photos with not much personality, like school pictures, etc. 4. Most tiny pictures, 1" x 1" or smaller, unless there is no other choice. |
| 1. All candid photos that show the character and personality of the people in your family. Focus on shots where people are doing something positive and fun. 2. Photos that cover most of the important moments that took place in your family's history. Holidays, weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and the like are good choices. 3. Try to include a couple of photos from most every year of each family member's life, if possible. Remember to avoid overkill and choose only the highlights. |
| Next, decide how many categories you wish to have and get an equal number of 3/4" enclosed file folders to put them in. On each folder, write the, category name and number, in order that you wish them to be presented, and/or the person's full name, the total number of photos in the folder, type of music or song preferred and any special notes of importance. For example: Category 2, Grandma Martha Jones, 40 photos, Music preferred - Benny Goodman/Big Band Categories may include: Great grandparents, grandparents, mom and dad, first-born, second-born, etc., uncles, aunts, cousins, other family members and friends. It isn't mandatory that each section be in chronological order. Lay the folders out on the table and begin putting photos from your "yes" stack on top of their category folder. You may find that you remove a few photos in this step. They add up quicker than you may think: eight categories of 40 photos each equals 320 photos. Alternatively, you can also arrange your photos in close-to-chronological order, eliminating categories completely. For photos in albums, get a 3x5 card as a surrogate photo and write on it which album the photo is in and a number corresponding to it. In the album, write the photo number on the Post-it note that you marked as "yes" photos earlier. If you get stuck at any point or have a question, give us a call or drop us an email and we'd be glad to assist. |
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