Chatique with Laura Lou

Here are some notes from the first part of the chat. We intended to talk about organizing both paper photos and digital, but barely scratched the surface of organizing digital photos. We will be doing a Picasa tutorial and Organization of Digital Photos later. If it is wanted we can then talk about organizing Digital Scrapping Elements, but that isn't strictly Vintage/Retro so we will have to discuss it in Chat.

Here are my notes:
If you have been keeping your printed photos in file folders (like I did), or in the original store envelopes, you may want to consider a different solution. File folders are awkward and usually NOT archival. Neither are baggies, which is how I had photos sorted IN the file folders. Strangely enough, the store envelopes are also NOT archival. Shame on them!!!

www.organizedphotos.com – I read through this site and got started with what supplies I had on hand. Then I bought the book, ordered the starter kit of supplies and kept going. Then I ordered MORE envelopes 3 more times and within 6 weeks had finished all of the old paper photos prior to 1999 when I went haywire with cameras. When I get home again I will start organizing and SAFELY storing the negatives. It will be a bigger job, for sure.

Cropper Hopper Storage Boxes http://www.cropperhopper.com/ Since I already had one of the “negative storage” boxes this is what I used for my photos in special “Organized Photos” envelopes while waiting for the back-ordered boxes. I have several of the Cropper Hopper “photo storage” boxes but, filled, they are way too heavy to carry…and bulky to store on a shelf. They come with put-together 4” x 6” boxes about 1” wide, but what a waste of space when you only have 1 or 2 photos of that event.

Highsmith Photo Storage.
http://www.highsmith.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Production/Search.jsp?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&N=0&Ntk=OverallSearch1&Nty=1&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchall partial&D=&Nu=CategoryId&chkForFilter=Y&s=1&Ntt=ph oto+storage&Nf=&Nr=NOT%28Field4%3A825000%29 These are inexpensive made of un-bleached cardboard and easy to carry. I have several of the “Speed Scrapper” boxes that are now being used to store larger old photos and some other memorabilia and ephemera. They will never last as long as the plastic boxes, though.

Light Impressions http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.co...:190000:191000 These look pretty good, but I have never tried their product.

Archival Methods http://www.archivalmethods.com/categ...m?categoryid=1 These boxes look almost identical to Light Impressions. Again, I have never tried their product.

Metal Edge http://www.metaledgeinc.com/ I like the dividers they include in their product line. Again, I haven’t tried the product.

The Container Store http://www.containerstore.com/expert...lStorage.jhtml If they carry their archival line in the retail store that might be more attractive if you prefer seeing and touching before buying.

Print File Archival Storage http://www.printfile.com/
Gaylord Supplies http://www.gaylordmart.com/lobby_gaylordmart.asp?
B&H Photo Video http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/category/727/Storage_Presentation_Archival_Storage_Materials.ht ml
Demco http://www.demco.com/webprd_demco/pr...UP_ARC_030.htm

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