{"id":2762,"date":"2021-08-12T10:03:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T17:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unclutterednw.com\/blog\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2024-05-22T02:10:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T09:10:18","slug":"collecting-versus-curating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unclutterednw.com\/blog\/collecting-versus-curating\/","title":{"rendered":"Collecting vs. Curating Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have been collecting family photos, it might be time for you to curate your collection. Curating is thoughtfully combing through pictures and organizing them in a way that tells the story of your family.<\/p>\n

Photos are more than images. They are the gateway to the past that brings smiles and emotion to today. Curating your collection makes it easier to enjoy and share with others.<\/p>\n

\"CollectingHere are five steps to organizing your collection:<\/p>\n

1. Set time aside.<\/h3>\n

You don\u2019t have to do it all in one day. Depending on how many photos, or should I say boxes of photos, you have it could take several days or weeks to sort them. Give yourself time to savor the process instead of trying to rush through.<\/p>\n

2. Find a dedicated spot to work.<\/h3>\n

Choose a space you can occupy for the duration of the project. It might be a dining room table or a spare bedroom. It\u2019s inefficient to shuffle stacks of photos every time you want to work on them. Plus, you don\u2019t want to cause additional wear and tear to older photos that are already fragile.<\/p>\n

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3. Make a discard pile.<\/h3>\n

Make a quick pass through all your photos and discard duplicates, blurry photos and ones that aren\u2019t interesting or meaningful. Any photo can be part of a collection, but curated images and stories have meaning. And don\u2019t hesitate to pull out a couple pictures to frame or add to a digital display<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4. Sort photos based on your system.<\/h3>\n

There\u2019s no one right way to organize your photos. What makes the most sense to you is how it should be organized. Chronologically works for some people while others prefer to categorize family photos by holidays. The thought of grouping all the Christmas photos together might not work for someone who prefers to organize by family. Choose the system that makes most sense to you and start grouping photos in your collection accordingly.<\/p>\n

5. Add a few details.<\/h3>\n

It might be obvious to you who\u2019s in the photos but as the curator of a collection you\u2019re preserving family history. Adding a few details to the back of a photo including names and dates will help those stories come alive for years to come.<\/p>\n

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Photos are more than images. They are the gateway to the past that brings smiles and emotion to today. Curating your collection makes it easier to enjoy and share with others.<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

These steps can help you start the process of curating your photos and your family memories. It can be a daunting task depending on the size of your collection. My team and I love this process. If you\u2019re stuck or at a standstill with your photo collection an email to me at linda@unclutterednw.com<\/a> and let\u2019s talk about what\u2019s on your mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you have been collecting family photos, it might be time for you to curate your collection. Curating is thoughtfully combing through pictures and organizing them in a way that tells the story of your family. Photos are more than images. They are the gateway to the past that brings smiles and emotion to today. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[107,104,108,54,27,102,103,109,105,106],"class_list":["post-2762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-organizing","tag-collect","tag-digital","tag-manage","tag-organizing","tag-photos","tag-pictures","tag-prints","tag-save","tag-share","tag-storage"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unclutterednw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unclutterednw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unclutterednw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unclutterednw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unclutterednw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2762"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.unclutterednw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3218,"href":"https:\/\/www.unclutterednw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions\/3218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unclutterednw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unclutterednw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unclutterednw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unclutterednw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}