Organizing your photos…begins with deleting!

I thought I would share an idea for something to do if you find yourself in front of Netflix or watching something else right now – organize your photos! I know. Its is tedious and overwhelming for most of us, including me.

I have pictures on my phone, pictures on SD cards, pictures everywhere that are not backed up because I have dropped the ball on it for a couple years now.

There is a lesson on saving and storing photos in both the SnapShop DSLR and the SnapShop Phone courses. The first step in organizing your photos is to delete. Today I thought I would share one of the lessons in the SnapShop Kids Photography course – the one on deleting.

Keep in mind this lesson was written for kids, but my guess is adults need just as much help with this too!

SnapShop Kids Photography: Lesson 27 Deleting Photos

One of the very best ways to improve as a photographer is to practice. Practice. And practice some more. However, all that practicing means you are taking a lot of pictures. Chances are your camera can’t hold all the pictures you take or a parent may tell you there isn’t enough memory on their phone for all your photography practice.

As important as it is to practice, it is also important to delete pictures.

I have a son that likes to save everything. He keeps stuff in drawers and boxes – even stuff he never uses. It is hard for him to let go of things because he thinks he might want them one day.

I have found the same to be true with a lot of adults and their pictures – they have a really hard time deleting photos. The problem with never deleting photos is you run out of room and one day when you want to find a certain photo you have SO MANY to go through to find it.

I delete a lot of pictures. Every day.

Here are 6 pictures of my son turning our construction plastic into a slip-n-slide. I deleted the ones with the X because they were either too blurry, too similar, or I just didn’t like them.

Next I am going to share with you 3 pictures that are all very similar. I didn’t need to keep three pictures that are nearly the same. I chose to delete one, but I did keep the other two because his position changed and I really liked both pictures.

Don’t be afraid to practice. Don’t be afraid to take a bad picture. And don’t be afraid to delete it.

My tips for deleting pictures are:

• If you have several pictures of pretty much the same thing, delete all but your favorite
• If it was just a practice photo and you don’t really like it, delete it
• If it is of someone else and you know they wouldn’t like it, delete it

Go through the pictures you’ve taken during this course. Are there ones you can delete? Are there a bunch of the same thing? Did you take any photos of someone else that you know they wouldn’t like?

Before you start deleting pictures, ask a parent or adult to delete them with you. If you are using a parent’s phone – don’t delete anything without permission (and help). Now, with the permission of a parent, delete the photos you don’t need to keep.

From this point on, when you take pictures also take the time to delete the ones you don’t want to keep.

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So maybe this week while you are sitting in front of a tv or passing time, instead of randomly scrolling, try deleting photos as a first step to begin organizing your photos!

SnapShop Students:

Be sure to check out more on saving photos in the DSLR course and the Phone course. Also read over the Mpix interview for tips on cropping and printing your photos.

 

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