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Break the habit of total self-reliance. Insisting on doing everything yourself burdens you and prevents others from feeling valuable and needed. If you delegate more, you'll free your time for things you love and excel at. Have you ever noticed that when there is a crisis in your life, it’s much easier to delegate peripheral tasks? How about pretending that there is a crisis and you have to ask … [Read more...]

If you are taking a family vacation for Spring Break, plan ahead for the photos you will take to capture priceless family memories. You don't need hundreds of "meh" photos added to your gallery. Focus on quality over quantity. The best photos are often candid shots. The occasional posed photo is fine, but often the most beloved photos are the candid, "in-the-moment" snapshots. … [Read more...]

You can't organize your closets outside, but you CAN organize your photos. With laptops in abundance, you don't need to be chained to your desk to work on photo organizing. If your photo collection is stored on a desktop computer, simply get a good external hard drive. I always recommend backing up to an external hard drive in my 3, 2, 1 backup rule, so you need that investment anyway. Now … [Read more...]

Let's face it, life can be hectic even during normal times. This unusual past year of COVID shutdowns has been especially stressful. We've all still been busy with the stuff of life: cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, laundry, kids, work ... the list goes on and on. Add to that, we've been cooped up more than usual and trying to reinvent a sense of normalcy during abnormal times. Now we … [Read more...]

Laughter is one of the best ways to relax and refresh from the inside out. I can't let April pass without a little April Fool's fun. Here are a couple photo themed funnies for your amusement: Photography is the only way to legally flash people in public.  Photography is the only hobby where you can shoot people and cut off their heads.  … [Read more...]

March is the start of the rainy season. Photos stored in cardboard boxes in a garage or attic can be at risk in damp air even if you don't suffer a damaging leak. Humidity will cause your photos to mold, curl, and stick together. Make sure your photos are stored inside your home where the temperatures and humidity are controlled. Remember, if you wouldn't be comfortable living in the environment, … [Read more...]