Free Photo Tips

Whether your phone is overflowing with hundreds of screenshots or you’ve never quite figured out how to take them, here is everything you need to know about this handy feature in your photo app!

WHAT IS A SCREENSHOT?

A screenshot is a digital image that captures exactly what’s displayed on yo...

Every year, Save Your Photos Week brings together experts to share FREE resources, tips and strategies to help you safeguard your memories. And I can’t wait to be part of it!

Join me and other professionals as we guide you step-by-step through the process of preserving your priceless pictures so they...

Over the years, I've had many people have asked me whether Apple Photos or Google Photos is better for organizing digital pictures. Here’s a quick breakdown to help you decide!

Apple Photos

• Comes standard on iPhones and syncs across all Apple devices when logged into the same account.
• Automatic
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Over the last few years of teaching people how to organize and manage their photos, I have had some of the same questions come up over and over again. So here they are with answers that will hopefully clear up any confusion if you've wondered the same!

QUESTION #1:
If I add a picture to a digit...

Apple launched iOS 18 in September of 2024, bringing the biggest change to the Photos app yet! 

Save yourself the time and stress of figuring it out on your own and join us for one quick hour on March 15th at 9:00 AM MST to learn how to navigate the new interface and customize the app so your favor...

Do you have thousands of pictures on your phone? After decades of taking digital pictures, most of of us do!

And while your collection can be a beautiful record of your life, without organization, finding your favorite photos can be incredibly frustrating! 

Start by creating albums to keep memorie...

Do you have boxes of old printed pictures filled with decades of memories? You’re not alone! Most of us store these cherished photos in basements or garages, unsure of where to start and assuming our kids or grandkids won’t want them. But losing all those great family memories would be a tragedy!

A...

After decades of taking digital pictures, most of us have tens of thousands of photos stored on our phones—often in a chaotic, hard to navigate mess! 

One simple way to start organizing all those pictures to to create a "Best of 2025" album. Just set aside five minutes each month to add your favori...

Try using the SEARCH tool instead! 🔍

Simply, open the photo app on your phone & type a keyword into the search bar.

For example, you can search by:

📅  Date (January 2025)

📍  Location (Denver)

📸  Topic (people's names, birthday, dog, etc…)

Let your app quickly sort through thousands of ph...

This week's news has been filled with heartbreaking stories of devastation from California’s relentless wildfires. Thousands of families, just like mine and yours, are enduring unimaginable loss and confronting what must feel like an overwhelming journey toward rebuilding their lives. 

It’s easy to...

When it’s time to take a group picture this holiday season, flip your phone sideways and use landscape mode which will ensure more people fit in your picture and less background noise is captured!

You can see how this same picture taken in portrait mode (above) includes a lot of extra, and not so i...

We have been taking digital pictures since smartphones became popular in the late 2000s. By default, most of us are running out of the free storage we were allotted over twenty years ago.

You might not even know you're running out of storage until you go to take a picture and get an alert that says...