Keeping Your Digital Photos Safe

One of the best ways to enjoy your life is to take lots of pictures. Now you don't need to read a blog to figure this out, but with technology exploding into the fast lane I thought it was appropriate to mention a few ways to keep your memories safe and available.

1. Most people are using digital cameras these days and one mistake we can make is to neglect to get prints of the pictures we want to fawn over from time to time. Sure it is nice to have them all saved on your screen saver but there are times that you'll want to have them available to take to parties and family functions - so you can let others enjoy them too. (Yes I'm one of those grandmothers who shows complete strangers pictures of my grand baby).

2. Heaven forbid you should have something go wrong with your computer and loose all your precious photos. Make sure you have your photos backed up either on hardware or by using an online photo keeper such as Costco or Walmart. There are a lot of sites out there but if you keep your photos on a site that can also print them for you, it will be a lot easier to order prints.

3. Send Grandma all your wonderful family photos via email or web site. That way even if you loose your copy you will have access to them - Grandmothers never delete their precious photos!

4. Remember to upload your pictures to your computer from your camera frequently so that you don't accidentally erase them. And do your best to be organized about where on the computer you place them. We lost a whole days worth of priceless family photos (which we were solely responsible for) and my family hasn't forgiven me yet. My husband finally found them on an old hard drive but we were really lucky that we didn't loose them permanently.

Technology has made some things easier but you have to develop different habits to ensure that your time and efforts aren't wasted.