DIY Photo Organising Podcast

In our Podcast, DIY Photo Organising, we talk about everything and anything to do with your photos. We began the podcast in 2018 after seeing a need, around the world, to help educate, inspire and motivate people to keep their photos safe…and organised.

We understand that technology changes, and, we all just keep taking more photos (which is a wonderful thing!). The problem is that people get overwhelmed, quickly, and those precious photos and memories can become a burden and source of stress. We are here to help you feel confident again with your photos.

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Photo management resources packed with fabulous ideas

5 Golden Rules of Photo Organising

We believe if you have an organised system, and update it regularly, you can feel confident that you will be able to find any photo, at any time, with the click of a button. Think about your own photos, old or new, and chose an episode that relates to your current need.

With a little knowledge and attention, you can begin and complete any photo project you wish. Click on our Welcome episode or one of the 5 Golden Rules below to listen and learn more now. Alternatively, search or scroll through all of our episodes below.

ALL PODCAST EPISODES & SHOWNOTES

112 | Photo management resources packed with fabulous ideas

Check out the offerings during Save Your Photos Month and our online photo management courses while we go on a break.

111 | What can I do with all my videos?

Learn from expert Adam Pratt how to deal with videos and home movies you will come across when working with your photos.

110 | Roadblocks in photo management and how to overcome them

Discover the most common roadblocks in photo management and how you can overcome the procrastination and stay motivated.

109 | A Conversation about Legacy, Photos and Life

Let yourself be inspired by Nancy Rose – a legacy doula – and learn all about capturing the essence of one’s life in words and pictures.

108 | How to make a photo gallery wall in your home

Hear from an expert how to design and create a photo gallery wall at home so you can enjoy your favourite memories.

107 | How to keep your photos organised after baby arrives

Discover how you can stay on top of your photos after a new baby has arrived so you will not drown in cute photos!

106 | How to move forward and stop procrastinating

Dive deep in analysing why you are procrastinating about your photos and what you can do about it to get your photo project done.

105 | How Mylio changes the way the world remembers

Learn from Mylio Photos CEO David Vaskevitch how a good photo management program can help us keep memories alive and also have fun with our photos.

104 | Photo project ideas and a real life example

Hear what photo gifts Chantal has made for her mum’s birthday and what process she followed, what worked well and what the struggles were.

103 | Swedish Death Cleaning and Photos

Learn about what The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning is all about generally and specifically with regards to photos and memories.

102 | Is using only a folder structure outdated?

Find out whether using a simple folder structure to organise your digital photos is still being used or outdated.

101 | Design Photo Books like a Pro

Back to all episodes Episode 101 Design Photo Books like a Pro – with Libby from Momento Meet Libby from Momento in Sydney and discover how this Australian photo book

100 | Looking back and forward – celebrating 100 episodes

Celebrating our 100th episode and sharing our most favourite moments of our podcasting journey and thanking our expert guests!

099 | Privacy Terms when Sharing Photos

Learn from expert Allison Freedman about privacy terms when sharing your photos and why we should protect photos as well as our bank accounts!

098 | A new perspective on Photo Organising – with Amy Revell

Practical steps from Professional Organiser Amy Revell from The Art of Decluttering brings a new perspective to help you organise your photos.

097 | How a timeline can help with photo organising

A great tool to help us gather that information that sometimes randomly comes up during the sorting is a timeline.

096 | The Apple Ecosystem – with Paul Einarsen

Discover how you can make use of the Apple Ecosystem when it comes to your photo management using your iPhone and Mac.

095 | What to do with negatives

When organising our photos, we inevitably encounter a packet of negatives. So, what do we do with them? Keep them or throw them out?

094 | What’s a photo without the Story?

Our guest Hazel Thornton, a professional organizer and genealogist, helps you tell the stories of your photos, family and things.

093 | Digital Photo Management on the Go

Find out how we managed our digital photos we took every day during an overseas trip so we didn’t get overwhelmed when returning home.

092 | Declutter Your Photo Life – with Adam Pratt

We interview Adam Pratt, author of ‘Declutter Your Photo Life’, written to help you turn your photo chaos into precious memories to be enjoyed and shared!

091 | An update from Chantal and Fiona

We talk about our motivation for the podcast, our values, hopes and plans for the new 12 months.

090 | How to share your family photos using SmugMug

Learn how to use the cloud service SmugMug to easily share your photos whilst you keep them private and with metadata intact.

089 | 5 Tips for sorting printed photos

5 Tips for sorting printed photos. Turning your photos over is not something you would probably expect as our first tip! Listen to learn more.

088 | Expert tips on photo archiving

Expert tips to safely archive your printed photos, slides, negatives, photo albums, scrapbooks, framed photos, artwork, certificates, and other memorabilia.

Becoming a Professional Photo Manager

Want to be a professional photo manager? Find out how we became photo organisers in this interview by Cathi from The Photo Managers!

087 | Transferring Android phone photos to a computer

Transferring your Android phone photos to a computer becomes easy with the options presented in this episode!

086 | Expert Advice to help people who hoard photos

Decluttering photos is hard … and even harder for people who hoard. Learn from our experts from Hoarding Home Solution how to help!

085 | Removing duplicate photos from your photo collection

How software can help you remove duplicate photos from your photo collection. It finds those duplicates for you, you choose what to keep.

084 | What to do with the original gathered mess

Never work with your originally gathered digital photos. Make a copy first and then get to deduplicate and organise.

083 | What to look out for when using traditional photo albums

Even in today’s digital world, there is still a place for printing photos and using traditional photo albums.

082 | Planning Photo Projects

This episode is a practical one all about Planning! We give you ideas on photo projects you could plan to create, and a 4 Step Strategy to use to create them!

081 | Happy New Year

Need help with your photos in 2022? Subscribe to New Podcast releases in 2022 for the DIY Photo Organising Podcast.

080 | 5 Essential Photo Management Tips

Need help with your photos? We have 5 Essential Photo Management Tips to help you with your digital and printed photos.

079 | Tackle photos when decluttering your home

Decluttering your home? When do you tackle your photos? Listen to this episode to help you organise and declutter your photos.

078 | New Book! Photo Organizing Made Easy

Need some help organizing your photos? This new book, Photo Organizing Made Easy, will help you with your digital and printed photos.

077 | Why bother preserving your photos?

Why bother preserving your photos? We understand it can be an involved, time intensive, often times emotional and potentially expensive project to take on organising and preserving a family photo collection.

So…why bother?

When considering the task of organising and preserving photos…”Why bother going to the effort to preserve these memories?”

076 | What to do with slides

Have you got slides somewhere in the depth of a dark cupboard? Now is the time to take them out and bring the memories back to life!

075 | A listener’s photo journey with Lisa Johnston

Lisa, a regular listener of our podcast, has kindly agreed to chat about her own personal photo journey and how the podcast tips helped.

074 | Dealing with photos that are difficult to look at

Do you have photos that you find difficult to look at? Maybe they bring back sad or even traumatic memories and experiences.

073 | What is Save Your Photos Month?

Have you heard of the Save Your Photos Month? Check out the awesome offerings by professional photo organisers from all over the world.

072 | Which 100 photos would you choose to document your life?

We all have too many photos. If you could only choose 100 to document your life – which ones would you pick?

071 | Realistic time frames when scanning

Scanning or digitizing photos is not that difficult but it can be a very time consuming project. Find out what realistic time frames are.

070 | Realistic time frames in photo organising

Photo organising can be very tedious and time consuming. Find out how to estimate the project length drawing from our experience.

069 | Photo traditions to document growth and change

We talk about photos that document growth and change in a truly memorable way, with the most precious of topics…our loved ones!

068 | Pet Photos

Pets are like a family member and much loved. That means you have probably tons of pet photos – find out what you can do with them!

067 | DIY Photo Organising Courses

We have sourced the best photo organising course creators and are excited to offer their DIY Photo Organising courses.

066 | Make your photos searchable with keywords

Learn how to create a well sorted, organised and searchable photo collection using keywords or tags that are embedded in your digital photos

065 | What’s happening with Google Photos?

Google Photos is changing as of 1 June 2021. Find out what the changes are and how they influence your digital photo management.

064 | Prepare for Emotions!

Looking at photos can trigger a lot of different emotions, not all of them being happy ones. Here is what you can do to prepare for emotions.

063 | The Magic of Maintenance

Maintenance is key to success in photo organising! Find out how a good maintenance process can help you keep your photo collection organised.

062 | What do all these dates mean?

What do all these dates attached to digital photos mean? Find out what the difference is between a capture and a creation date and much more.

061 | Photo Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day

Photo gifts are always a great idea for Mother’s Day and very popular. Here are some fabulous gift ideas for you and your mum.

060 | How many photos do we really need?

Have you ever wondered how many photos we really need? One thing is for sure, not as many as we have. But how many is enough?

059 | What Photo Management Software is Right for Me?

Are you wondering what photo management software is right for you? Good news, you don’t necessarily need fancy and expensive software.

057 | Story Jotting with Katie

Photos are only one part of telling a story. Learn from expert Katie how to jot down those important stories that go with the photos.

056 | 2021 Trends in Photography

In 2020, 1.4 trillion photos were taken! Some of these are probably yours. Find out the latest trends in photography before you take more!

055 | How do I take memorable Christmas Photos?

Are you ready to take memorable Christmas photos? Join us as we answer a listener’s question in this QPA (Questions People Ask).

054 | How to Design your 2020 Year Book

How to design a year book: we step you through what you can do right now to design and create your 2020 Year Photo Book!

053 | How do I share photos with others?

Are you sharing a quick snap just for fun or information, or are you sharing a photo for the other person to preserve, print, or keep?

052 | How do I gather photos from other family members?

In the photo gathering process, we sometimes need to access photos that others took. Find out how to best gather them from others.

051 | Artwork

What to do with the children’s artwork? Most of us cannot display it all. One option is to declutter and digitize at least some of it.

050 | Who are we? Get to know us to Celebrate Our 50th Episode

As we celebrate our 50th podcast episode, we are sharing a bit more about who we are. How we grew up, why photos are so important to us …

049 | How to Stop Procrastinating about your Photos

Procrastinating about your photos? Do you want to do something but feel too overwhelmed or don’t know where to start. This guide is for you!

048 | Photo Loss through a Natural Disaster with Karen Ostenried

Photo loss can be extremely traumatic. Even more if a natural disaster is the reason for it. Reflections on photo loss with survivor Karen.

047 | What should I do with my old photo albums?

Have you got old photo albums that take up a lot of space in your house? Not sure what to do with them? Join us to find out.

046 | What is your take on Photo Sticks?

Photo sticks are advertised as little magic wands to backup digital photos. Here is our take on them and how we use them, when we do.

045 | How do I add tags in Windows Explorer?

When it comes to making digital photos searchable tagging is an important step. Find out how to tag photos in Windows Explorer.

044 | How do I rename my photos?

The filename is one of the most important metadata fields of a digital photo. Here are some best practices about renaming your photos.

043 | When and Why hire a Professional Photographer – with Lauren Sandford

What should you consider when hiring a professional photographer? Why should you hire a pro in the first place?

042 | What format is that? Converting Old Media to Digital – with Adam Pratt

Have you got old films, slides etc? Expert Adam Pratt shares his wisdom about converting old media to digital.

041 | Managing your photos and videos using FOREVER – with Shelley Murray

Find out how FOREVER expert and trainer Shelley Murray is using FOREVER to manage her photo and video collection in the cloud.

040 | Should I pay for cloud storage?

Should I pay for cloud storage when it comes to digital photos and videos? Cloud storage has become the new normal, especially for photos.

039 | Photos that DON’T belong in a Photo Collection

Not every photo belongs into a photo collection. Screenshots, work-related photos, tons of similar photos etc. are completely unnecessary.

038 | Take photos you will want to keep with Lauren Sandford

Join us and learn how to take great photos you will actually want to keep. Tips and tricks shared by pro photographer Lauren Sandford.

037 | Exploring Genealogy – with guest Caroline Guntur

What is genealogy and how can photos play a part of a genealogy project? Join Caroline Guntur to find out more about photos and genealogy.

036 | 10 Ways to best utilise your time at home (COVID-19)

Are you stuck in a lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Here are 10 ways you can utilise the time at home working on your photo projects.

035 | Digital Scrapbooking with Melissa Shanhun

Have you heard of digital scrapbooking? It is a great way to create something really special with your treasured photos.

034 | Storytelling with Your Photos – with Mara Morrison

Telling a story is why we take photos in the first place. How do we best incorporate the storytelling with your photos though?

033 | 5 Golden Rules of Photo Organising – HIGHLIGHTS

We take you through our 5 golden rules of photo organising that we apply to our own photo management, and also to our client projects.

058 | Time to get your BACKUP sorted!

It is time to get your photo backup sorted! We’re sharing the 3-2-1 backup method so you can never lose a digital photo again.

032 | New Year Resolutions with your Photos

Do you have any New Year Resolutions for your photos? Let’s talk about some resolutions and new beginnings for your photos.

031 | What to do with Inherited Photos

Many of us end up with boxes of inherited photos. What should we do with them and do we have to keep them all?

030 | Backing up without iTunes

Keep backing up your iPhone without iTunes! Here are some options you can implement to back up your phone to a computer without iTunes.

029 | A look into the world of Photo Organising

Discover the world of professional photo organisers or managers! Join us and Cathi Nelson and learn more about this growing industry.

028 | What to do with your Work Photos

Have you ever wondered what to do with all your work-related photos? Are they clogging up your camera roll?

027 | Photo Gift Ideas for Christmas!

Photo gifts are always well received Christmas gifts! Here are some easy to implement suggestions for you – share joy with your photos!

026 | Will your Photos survive a Disaster?

If bush or wild fires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc are part of reality where you live, you also run the risk of losing your photos.

025 | Listener Questions (Part 3)

Have you got questions regarding photo management? Listen in to hear answers of some of the most commonly asked questions.

024 | Transferring photos from iPhone to Windows PC

Transferring photos from an iPhone to a Windows PC is not always as easy as it should be. Find out what the best solution is for you.

023 | 5 Steps to get you Started NOW

Completely overwhelmed when thinking about your photos? Here are 5 steps to get you started now – you can totally do this!

022 | Handling Photos through a Separation

Handling photos through a separation can be very tricky – who gets what? Guest Darla DeMorrow is sharing valuable tips how to go about it.

021 | Manage your photos using your Android Phone and Google Photos

Do you own an Android phone and are using Google Photos? Here is how to use this set up to make your digital photo management easier.

020 | Understanding Amazon Photos

Amazon Photos and Amazon Drive are often used when it comes to digital photo management. What is the difference though?

019 | Synchronising vs Backing up

Synchronising and backing up is often confused, which can end badly when it comes to digital photo management. So, what is the difference?

018 | Manage your photos using your iPhone

Managing your photos on your iPhone is getting easier. Find out what you can do within your iphone Photos app to keep your photos organised.

017 | What does a Photo Organiser do?

Have you ever wondered what a professional photo organiser or manager does? Join us and find out more about what we do.

016 | Keep Photos Safe while Travelling

Wondering how to keep your photos safe during a trip? Check out these tips to find out how to easily backup photos during your next holiday.

015 | Listener Questions (Part 2)

Have you got questions regarding photo management? Listen in to hear answers of some of the most commonly asked questions.

014 | Listener Questions (Part 1)

Have you got questions regarding photo management? Listen in to hear answers of some of the most commonly asked questions.