How to organise your digital and traditional photographs in a single system

Written by Kesh Morjaria


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2. Create mirror images on both your computer and photo album People love traditional prints so no matter how proud you may be of your computer skills, to really share your photos with friends and family, you’ll need physical prints to pass around. And to getrepparttar most from your memories you should have a single system that runs across both. Once you’ve decided on your system – userepparttar 111265 same categories on both your computer and your physical photo album. 3. Taking your photos Snap away happily but don’t carry around useless photographs on your camera or waste your time downloading them before deciding to bin them. As soon as you’ve taken photographs have a quick look at them and dumprepparttar 111266 ones that don’t look special. Be ruthless and immediate. 4. Downloading back home The temptation is to rush and getrepparttar 111267 exciting photos onrepparttar 111268 machine. This is where discipline is needed. You need to have an uninterrupted session. If you can arrange that easily fine. If you can’t you should set aside a regular time once a week to do all your photographic work. There are four tasks: •Download your photographs onto your hard disk •Edit them, e.g. get rid of red eye •Give each file a meaningful name with a date – so instead of ‘P1010012’ use ‘Sarah onrepparttar 111269 beach 07/03’ •Save them inrepparttar 111270 appropriate folder. Now make a back up copy. This is essential – you don’t want to risk losing your images. I use a ZIP drive for back-up. 5. Print your photographs Plan what prints you want, print them and put them into your album immediately. Update your album index as you do so. 6. Store them and show them (but don’t ever give them away) Never give your album photographs away. If someone wants a copy, resistrepparttar 111271 temptation to hand them your album copy. Instead, print them a new one or email them a digital version.

Kesh Morjaria is passionate about organising and runs Arrowfile.com. He provides an extensive range of organizing products that are used not only in the home but by professional photographers, collectors, local government, museums – even police forces. You can find the full range at http://www.arrowfile.com


The Five Best Gifts to Give Your Family

Written by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.


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THE GIFT OF SERVICE

We are on this planet to learn to love ourselves and each other, and to help each other. One ofrepparttar best gifts we can give our family is to role model this by doing service. Helping others fillsrepparttar 111264 heart and soul in ways that nothing else can. If children do not see their parents doing service and helping others, they may never learnrepparttar 111265 great joy and fulfillment that comes from giving. One ofrepparttar 111266 best gifts we can give to our family is to provide ways of doing service.

THE GIFT OF CREATIVITY

All of us are born with various ways of expressing our creativity. Expressing creativity is a profound way of connecting with Spirit, since expressed creativity is a direct expression of Spirit. Providing your family with many ways of expressing their creativity is a great gift. Creativity can be expressed in so many ways – cooking, crafts, building things, music, art, movement, telling stories, writing, humor, photography and video –repparttar 111267 possibilities are endless! Creative family projects are especially wonderful in creating family closeness.

THE GIFT OF LIGHTNESS OF BEING

Lightness of being – fun, joy, laughter, playfulness – is a great gift to give to others. Lightness of being is infectious – our laughter and playfulness can help others take life less seriously and “lighten up.”

Lightness of being is onerepparttar 111268 results of allrepparttar 111269 other gifts – of caring, courage, service and creativity. When we give these gifts, we feel a wonderful lightness within,repparttar 111270 lightness that isrepparttar 111271 result of fully giving fromrepparttar 111272 heart. Our own lightness of being can bring lightness into our whole family. Children love it when their parents are playful, funloving and joyful. Laughing together as a family is one ofrepparttar 111273 most precious experiences in life.

We need to focus of giving these gifts each day, not just during a holiday season or special occasions. These gifts are far more important than any material thing we can buy for someone. In fact, we might not be so focused on material gifts if we frequently giverepparttar 111274 gift of love – of caring, compassion, courage, service, creativity, and lightness of being.

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. is the best-selling author and co-author of eight books, including "Do I Have To Give Up Me To Be Loved By You?", "Do I Have To Give Up Me To Be Loved By My Kids?", "Healing Your Aloneness","Inner Bonding", and "Do I Have To Give Up Me To Be Loved By God?" Visit her web site for a FREE Inner Bonding course: http://www.innerbonding.com or mailto:margaret@innerbonding.com


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