Have you ever wondered what, exactly, a photo organiser really does? In this blog I’ll talk about the projects I worked on during 2024, and the things I’ve learnt along the way. Every project I do is different, and that’s what makes it all so interesting.
Photo Books
My passion is not only taking photos but creating photo books to tell the story of a holiday we’ve taken, or our year in review, or whatever the case may be. I’ve been creating photo books for years – I absolutely love doing them – and it’s such a pleasure to offer this service to clients. In 2024, through the eyes of my clients, I travelled to Canada, Japan, Antarctica and India! I’ve created a book to celebrate the retirement of a long-serving CEO, and another to celebrate a 21st birthday. I’ve designed family albums, a school year in review, and a corporate catering book.
With the closure of Momento earlier in the year, I’ve spent time researching other photo book printing companies and now have a few up my sleeve that I’m using regularly – from budget to high end.
Digital Photo Organising
In 2024 I completed several large digital organising projects where I worked closely with my clients over several months to help them achieve their goal of having a neatly organised digital photo archive, making their photos easy to find and easy to back up and keep safe. Each of these projects were different and there’s always a learning curve involved.
For one of my clients, this learning curve included learning Mylio+ Photos (photo organising software), and through this process, I’m now a certified Mylio consultant. I now use Mylio+ for my own photo collection and offer Mylio+ training to clients. It’s a great platform for organising and sharing photos, but there’s a learning curve involved!
Printed Photo Organising and Scanning
Last year I took on several printed photo organising projects – all of which were slightly different. One of the projects involved the task of curating and organising a family’s printed photos. Once curated and organised, they were digitised and added to an existing digital photo archive supplied by my client.
In another project, my client had gone through the process of organising her printed photos, after me having visited her home the year prior to get her started with the process. Last year she finished the organising process, and I then scanned all her organised photos. This exercise included colour correcting, minor editing, and adding metadata to the digital files including any captions that were written on the back of the photos and changing the date to reflect the era of the photo. Her scanned photos were then digitally organised into family groups.
In the latter part of 2024, I commenced working with a client in her home on a regular basis, helping her to gather, organise and curate her family photos.
Personal Projects
Amongst all of this, I found time to work on my own personal projects. I’m in the process of organising and digitising printed photos from the 1990s, and this is an ongoing task. I can relate when people tell me how overwhelming the photo organising journey can be – I’m still in it myself!
I also created several photo books for my own family including a Christmas Book (I will always find time to create a photo book or two!). I loved working on this project in the lead up to Christmas. It included photos of every Christmas since 2001 – the year my eldest daughter was born. It also included memorabilia such as letters that had been written to Santa Claus when our daughters were young, cards and decorations that were made by them, and other ‘Christmas’ bits and pieces. My daughters loved receiving their books on Christmas morning and will treasure them for years to come.
In conclusion, 2024 was a busy year for me with lots of learning. As always, I enjoyed working closely with my clients and for me, this is one of the most satisfying aspects of what I do. I look forward to continuing my work as a photo organiser in 2025 and if you have a project in mind and would like to discuss, don’t hesitate to contact me.
Simone
