The Filing Fairies | Printed Photos

21 Nov Which came first, the printed or the digital?

Posted at 09:50h in Digital Photos, Photo Filing, Photo Organising, Printed Photos, Professional Organiser by Mara The Filing Fairy 3 Comments

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Imagine you are starting on a photo organising project, which collections are you inclined to tackle first? The dusty old boxes and albums of physical photos and memorabilia or The digital images scattered across multiple devices? We all know that the digital camera entered the average...

22 Aug Do’s and Don’ts of Handling Magnetic Albums

Posted at 08:45h in Photo Organising, Photo Organizing, Printed Photos, Scanning Photos by Mara The Filing Fairy 4 Comments

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We see many prints that have been damaged as they have been removed from a magnetic album. They are difficult to handle and time consuming to repair. Today we are sharing some tips for working with prints that are in a magnetic album. Archivists have...

08 May A Mother’s Day Challenge

Posted at 08:24h in Photo Organising, Printed Photos by Mara The Filing Fairy 1 Comment

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As I was planning this blog post, I went looking through photos from my own childhood. I found less than a dozen photos of my mum and myself together, and I was either a tiny baby or a sullen teen (sorry mum). The first nice one was from my wedding in 2007. I know I am giving away my age here but statistically speaking that is only 0.33 photos per year over 33 years! Not only is that shockingly low it makes me so sad and regretful.

16 Apr What makes a great photobook?

Posted at 09:57h in Digital Photos, Photo Books, Photo Organising, Printed Photos, Professional Organiser by Mara The Filing Fairy 2 Comments

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Do you want to create a unique special gift but need inspiration? Today we are talking about the thing we believe that can transform an ordinary photobook into a great one - and that is the A to Z THEME! It can take the pain out of choosing between favourite images and it guides you and almost helps select images for you. We also think A to Z theme books are more fun to look at.