This is a review for a new photography book Declutter Your Photo Life: Curating, Preserving, Organizing, and Sharing Your Photos by Adam Pratt which I received a copy of in exchange for this review.
I would like to thank the LORD for bringing this book into my life because I have 3 emails accounts and I’ve been paying for extra storage and one of the reasons why is because of all the photos I have for work. I hate spending money when I don’t have to and now that I have my copy of Declutter Your Photo Life I can learn how to delate and organize my photos and keep them in order, so I always know where they are and why I have.
Not only that Charlie may go ahead and homeschool next year, and he has been wanting to take a photography class with his dad and they will need to know how to keep their photos organized. For Father’s Day 2023 I plan on signing Charlie and David up for a Photography class and with the class I plan on giving them a copy of Declutter Your Photo Life there own so they can write in it and always have it on hand. Because my copy is sitting on my desk for me to refer to anytime I take a photo and you should do the same.
About:
Turn your photo chaos into precious memories to be enjoyed and shared!
Now more than ever, we hold our photo collections dear. They are often some of our most prized possessions. Wouldn’t it be great to finally have all your photos organized, safe, accessible, findable, and shareable? With Declutter Your Photo Life by your side, you have just what you need to achieve photo bliss.
Photographers and family historians understand the immense power that photographs have to convey meaning, emotion, and memory. We cherish both old film photos that were handed down by previous generations and our latest digital photos captured on the newest smartphone. But when those priceless memories are unorganized and scattered every which way—on a smartphone, on a laptop, on memory cards and flash drives, on two or three photo sharing websites, in photo albums, and in shoeboxes in the attic—the joy of photography becomes an overwhelming burden. What a mess!
Whether you’re a professional photographer, a casual shooter, or the designated family historian, Declutter Your Photo Life will help you organize and enjoy your photos once again. In this book, professional photo organizer, photographer, and author Adam Pratt teaches you his straightforward step-by-step workflow that, along with powerful image-organizing software such as Adobe Lightroom Classic, will have you taking complete control and creating a calming order out of your photo chaos. And once you’ve mastered Adam’s system—Gather, Preserve, Organize, Share, Maintain—you’ll be able to enjoy and share your photos today and for generations to come.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Overwhelmed by Photos
Chapter 2: Workflow Overview
Chapter 3: Software and Hardware
PHASE 1: GATHER
Chapter 4: Gathering Digital Photos
Chapter 5: Deduplicating Photos
Chapter 6: Creating Your Photo Archive
Chapter 7: Gathering Physical Photos
PHASE 2: PRESERVE
Chapter 8: Preserving Photos
Chapter 9: Converting Digital Formats
Chapter 10: Scanning Physical Photos
PHASE 3: ORGANIZE
Chapter 11: Curating Photos
Chapter 12: Organizing Photos
Chapter 13: Dating Photos
PHASE 4: SHARE
Chapter 14: Sharing Photos
Chapter 15: Accessing Your Photo Archive
PHASE 5: MAINTAIN
Chapter 16: Maintaining Your Photo Archive
About the Author
Adam Pratt loves people, photography, and a good story! He spent the last twenty-five years at the intersection of creativity and technology, including twenty-two years at Adobe, where he worked on the Creative Cloud team. He’s a professional photo organizer, software trainer, and photographer. He’s also the founder of Chaos to Memories, where he helps people enjoy their photos again by turning their photo chaos into precious memories they can enjoy and share..
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
