Favorite Photo Organizing Resources

The right tools make every project easier.

Here are some of our favorite photo organizing resources and tools that we love and love to use. We believe you will find them helpful as well.

*These links may contain affiliate links. This means if you purchase from a link, we may receive a small commission with no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting our small business!

Backup & File Sharing Options

• Backblaze (full, automated computer and external hard drive backup)
• Dropbox (file backup and sharing)
• SmugMug (photo backup and sharing)

Books & Guides

• Declutter Your Photo Life: Curating, Preserving, Organizing and Sharing Your Photos by Adam Pratt
• Photo Organizing Made Easy: Going from Overwhelmed to Overjoyed by Cathi Nelson
• Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff: Declutter, Downsize and Move Forward with Your Life by Matt Paxton
• What's a Photo Without a Story? How to Create Your Family Legacy by Hazel Thornton
• Family Photo Detective: Learn How to Find Genealogy Clues in Old Photos and Solve Family Photo Mysteries by Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective
• How to Archive Family Photos: A Step-by-Step Guide to Organize and Share Your Photo Digitally by Denise May Levenick

Digital Photo Organizing & Sorting Tools

• External Hard Drive
• Duplicate Finder Software
  • Mac – PhotoSweeper
  • PC – Awesome Duplicate Photo Finder

Photo Boxes & Storage

• Archival Methods Boxes
• Native Archival Boxes
• Kolo Boxes
• Slide Storage Box
• Archival File Folders
• Archival Photo Sleeves

Photo Albums

• Kolo Albums
• Pioneer Albums
• Archival Methods Albums
• Creative Memories Albums

Print Photo Organizing & Sorting Tools

• Nitrile Gloves (preferred) or Cotton Gloves(for handling photos)
• Sticky Notes
• Evernote (note-taking app)
• Stabilo Pencils
• Photo Safe Pens
• Photo Cleaning Cloth
• Dust Mask
• Canned Air or an electric dust blower (to remove dust)
• Document repair tape - for repairing torn photos

Photo Removal Tools

• Waxed Dental Floss or Teflon Floss (for lifting stuck photos)
• Vinyl Craft Spatula (for lifting the edges of pictures)
• Rubber Cement Eraser (for adhesive removal)
• Un-Du Adhesive Remover (sticker, tape, and label remover)
• Hairdryer (for gently loosening stuck pictures)

Miscellaneous Tools

• 35mm Slide and Negative Viewer
• Light table (for viewing slides and negatives)

Scanners

• Epson FastFoto FF-680W High-Speed Scanner
• Epson Perfection V600 Scanner
• Epson Perfection V850 Scanner

Digital Picture Frame

• Nixplay

Photo Books and Photo Gifts

• Printique
• MPix (for prints)
• Mixbook
• Shutterfly
• Pinhole Press