Feeling overwhelmed by thousands of photos? Running out of storage? We spoke with a consumer tech expert, a professional photo organizer and a photo-loving tech entrepreneur to get their tried-and-true methods for sorting digital photo collections — whether you're doing simple, routine prevention of photo bloat or starting a big archiving project. This episode originally published December 31, 2020. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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Hey, everybody, it's Marielle.
I keep getting these alerts that I'm about to run out of storage in the cloud where I back up my photos and videos.
I could pay to get more storage, and honestly, that's what I've been doing, because the alternative just seems daunting.
I gotta sit down, look through all these photos, delete the duplicates, figure out which ones I wanna keep when I might have, like, five versions of the same group shot.
You know, I look best in this one, but my friend looks best in that one also.
I don't wanna get sucked in emotionally and end up on a trip down memory lane.
When I see people in photos who I don't talk to anymore, it just feels like the Wild west, right?
Like, who knows what I'll encounter if you're like me?
Elise Hu is here to help.
She did this episode for Life Kid on how to make your photo collections more manageable.
And turns out it doesn't have to be the nightmare I'm imagining.
There are ways to automate parts of the process, to outsource if you've got a big project, and to take this one day at a time.
She'll also talk about how to organize your photos so you can access the memories when you want to.
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