Let’s lay out your photo and video-taking strategy from now through the holidays—part of your personal photo plan.
Why?
School buses are traveling the country roads and city streets.
Fall sports are in full swing.
And … we’ll be heading into the popular holidays:
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Christmas
New Year’s
Prepare now to capture your best memories.
Your photos and videos are part of the legacy that you’ll leave for the benefit of others.
How do you prepare ahead of time to take photos or videos?
I know you’re facing a lot of unknowns. You might not know where you’ll have Thanksgiving or Christmas or who will show up.
And you may not know where the kids or grandkids are going trick or treating.
But you know the holidays will come like they always do.
Prepare and remain flexible.
Create a personal photo plan with flexibility
Let’s look at this by life stages.
Are you a mom or dad with grade school or high school age children?
Your lives revolve around something to do with either school, the arts, or sports.
Are there science projects coming up? Recitals of some kind or games?
You can anticipate the types of photos and videos you’ll take.
Are you able to travel during a month like October?
If so, where do you plan on traveling? What landmarks will you see?
As you look ahead, or glance ahead, you know what’s coming up and you can anticipate the general types of photos and videos you’ll want to take and share.
Here’s an idea:
Is there something new you’re learning about and you want to share with others?
Gardening. Woodworking. Investing. Retiring. Changing careers.
Consider themed photos as described by the British Academy of Photography:
The first step on the road to a personal [photo] project is to decide on a theme or a concept and commit. Find something that interests or fascinates you, something you want to learn more about.
Creating albums in advance
I use FOREVER® to create and organize my photo albums.
I created a set ahead of time when I was traveling with friends from the Bay Area to Southern California.
It wasn’t a long trip, of course, but I set up my albums ahead of time in my FOREVER® account.
During the trip, I was able to upload photos and videos using the FOREVER® app on my phone and upload from my laptop or other device using a web browser. That way, I didn’t have to wait until the end and get caught in life’s busy moments and struggle to save the memorable moments.
How can you use FOREVER®?
You can bring your oldest and newest memories into one place using FOREVER®:
Digitize – printed photos, old home movies, slide shows, audio tapes and more
Store – your oldest memories along with your newest photos and videos
Print – photo books and gifts using your digital images
Document your family history – get research help from FOREVER®’s professional genealogists and upload letters, newspaper clippings and other documents to your FOREVER® account.
Write your family history with notes about your images or write book-length chapters and compile a complete family history.
Why choose FOREVER®?
Quickly find what you’re looking for
FOREVER® lets you find specific photos instantly using albums, tags, and people. If you want to bring up a photo of a great-grandparent from the early 20th century you can do it within a split second and find the albums that the photos are in.
And you can download the photo or video and easily share that specific image with anyone who has internet access.
Know your memories
As you plan for the next few months, you can know how many photos and videos you have of family members and friends. Now you know who to prioritize when capturing new ones.
You can take an inventory and not wonder what photos and videos you have or which ones you need.
One-stop
You can store all your memories into FOREVER®, sort through them quickly and easily find the images and videos that come to mind.
Have an album you want to share with your kids or friends?
You’re in control so you can give access to whoever you want for specific albums.
If you have one album you want to share with just your children, then you can.
Or if you have another album that you want to share with only your church group or sports team, you can do that, too.
Permanent storage
FOREVER® is designed and built for the long-term. The company guarantees that your content is safe and accessible for a lifetime, plus 100 years. The goal is to have all of your data lasting well beyond that time span.
They guarantee it because your data are triple-backed up and they invest in new technology, so your photos and videos are always accessible, even after the original formats become obsolete.
Own not rent
You own your FOREVER® account. This means you can’t get locked out and your content belongs completely to you.
It won’t be used for advertising or data mining. Plus, you own your digital content and they are kept in full resolution, no compression.
Peace of Mind
Your photos are safely stored so you always know where they are.
You can sort through them quickly and find what you want so you can share and enjoy them.
And you can leave your memories for the generations to come.
FOREVER® is a worry-free solution and I’ve not found any that compare.
Need a Personal Photo Plan?
Could a personal photo plan help you organize your memories so you can enjoy them more[MW1] ?
If yes, take our photo questionnaire. Click here:
https://marketing.safeguardyourmemories.com/photo-questionnaire
Or, let’s chat.
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Your family’s memories are treasures that you want to enjoy now and leave as a legacy for future generations.
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