Photo Organizing Tips & Ideas

Those old slides deteriorating right now: in your closet, your attic, your aunt's basement. Entire decades of family history on film most of your family has never seen. Here's why it's urgent.

Some collections are too precious to pull apart. Your grandmother's handwritten pages. Your mom's hand-crafted scrapbooks. Here's how to preserve them exactly as they are — and give them a beautiful new life.

You're holding a photo of someone you love with no idea when it was taken. Dating old photos is part detective work, part family history — and surprisingly fascinating once you know what to look for.

When disaster strikes, photos are often the first thing people grieve. If your family's memories have been damaged by fire or flood, there is still hope. Here's what to do first.

Organizing photos is deeply personal work, so it helps to know who's handling yours. From a childhood love of reorganizing pantries to flying alongside Elizabeth Taylor, here's a little more about Andi.

A photo is proof you lived. A frozen heartbeat. A love affair with life. We've gathered our favorite quotes about photos and photography. Which one speaks to you most?

Your photos are on an external hard drive — until the day it won't mount. Hard drives fail without warning, often sooner than you think. Here's how to protect your memories before that happens.

If you don't make a plan, your family will be left to figure it out. Digital accounts get locked. Stories disappear. Here's a practical guide to leaving your photo legacy exactly as you intend.