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What is Metadata
Metadata, a way to embed details inside a digital photo, allows you to search your photo archive instead of browse for your memories.
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Curation of Physical and Digital Photos
For personal photo collections, Adam has curation recommendations for photos you want to keep.
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Photo Backup Best Practices
Every year we organize millions of photos for our clients, and we’ve noticed five consistent emotions reflected in every project.
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Why do we use USB thumb drives for project delivery?
Every year we organize millions of photos for our clients, and we’ve noticed five consistent emotions reflected in every project.
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Memory Card Handling Tips
Adam’s top tips for handling memory cards safely to protect your memories and your equipment are…
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What’s in my Digital Gathering Toolkit?
Every digital photo organizing projects starts with gathering because we can estimate the scope of the project, save time, and…
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Optical Disc Risk
CDs and DVDs are popular digital media formats, but it doesn’t mean they’re safe. If you have backups on optical media, you must understand the risks…
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Old Storage Formats Make Bad Backups
We’re working on a digital photo organizing project that involves lots of old digital media formats. Most of these formats are only 20-25 years old, but technology changes fast…
