From Camera To Scrapbook In Ten Steps

Although digital cameras enable you to take and save more pictures

, it also makes you less likely to sort out your collection because of the lengthy download time. The collection grows ever larger and one accident could erase it all. Memory cards are fragile, small and easily lost and computers have accidents which could lose you all your precious photos.

Here are ten steps to prevent you losing your photos by getting your pictures onto a scrapbook.

1: Purchase a portable printer and bring it on vacation with your digital camera. If there is a rainy day, begin the process of making your scrapbook by printing out a copy of each picture, thus guaranteeing their safety.

2: Instead of one large memory card that takes ages to download and can be lost, purchase several small cards.

3: Number your memory cards and clean them before you go on vacation.

4: Buy a printer with its own memory interface, this allows you to print without the need for a computer.

5: Take your memory card to the local pharmacy and get the pictures printed like you used to in the pre-digital camera age.

6: Don't be afraid to use non-photo shopped photos and crop with scissors if necessary, don't let vanity cost you!

7: Network attached storage allows you to get more diskspace and attach it to a network rather than a lone computer, allowing you to access any computer in the house and also display the photos in digital slideshow format using wireless digital frames. Network attached storage is ideal for digital pictures given the amount of memory some of the more advanced cameras take up with large pictures.

8: Name your pictures carefully. This avoids wasting time searching for photos.

9: Use a free organiser tool like Picasa to file your pictures in easy to find order. Picasa also allows you to share them on the web, while graphic programs allow you to tag pictures in groups or individually.

10: As soon as you download your pictures, you should save them on a DVD. After doing this, label the disk carefully with the name of the vacation you were on, coupled with the date. Basically, make it as easy to identify as possible. If something unfortunate does happen to your pictures, then you will always have this back up.

If you scrapbook all your pictures, then you will never have to worry about any technological issues, and your precious photos will be safe in your hands.

by: Kirsty Hale

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