Declutter Your Photos in 4 Steps
You can declutter your photos and safeguard them to leave your legacy for your grandchildren, nieces and nephews, or any future descendants.
Curate Your Family’s Photos, Videos, and Other Memories
Imagine yourself as the curator of your family’s story told through photos, videos, handwritten letters, and other documents. If you’re trying to declutter, it’s better to think of curating instead of saving and organizing. Why? It’s a subtle mental shift. When you curate your family’s history, you’re picking and choosing what memories that you’re make […]
The Man with No Memories
You realize that family photos are a treasure when they’re missing from your life This post is from Don Simkovich, the co-author of our upcoming book, Declutter Your Photos, Secure Your Legacy. He’s an adoptive dad and young grandfather who reflects on one of his kids who never had a photos or videos taken during […]
The Best Way to Store Photos for Permanent, Long-Term Storage
What’s the best way to store printed photos and photos on your phone for long-term? An online article on CNET says you don’t need to pay a monthly subscription for cloud storage. Instead, this writer uses an external hard drive instead of keeping photos stored on a phone or paying a subscription to store in […]
Disasters and Memories: Evacuating the Eaton Fire a Year Ago
Excerpt from Decluttering Your Photos, Securing Your Legacy (co-authored by Melody Whitehead and Don Simkovich) Note from Melody: January 7 is the one year anniversary of the Eaton Fire that tore through Altadena within minutes after the blaze started. More than 6,000 homes were destroyed in Altadena, a community of 44,000 people and a place […]
Saving Your Most Meaningful Photos and Videos
Your memories are treasures to preserve for future generations, but a mistake that families make is they think they have to save all their printed photos and all of their digital images.
Permanently store your Thanksgiving memories and secure your legacy
As a photo coach, I help families develop their personal photo plan to declutter photos and videos and unclutter digital images.
QUICK! For your Legacy’s Sake, Safeguard Your Family Genealogy NOW! (Before Time Slips Away)
I can put in everything: the photos, documents, audio, video, anything that there is in media and I can arrange it in chronological order.
Plan your photos ahead of time as part of your personal photo plan
Lay out your personal photo plan now so you’re ready to capture meaningful memories during the upcoming holidays, school, and sports events.
Clear Your Photo Clutter: the Power of Only Two Photos
You don’t need to save all your memories and, to be honest, you don’t want to try and save all your memories