CREATING A LIFETIME PHOTO BOOK

I finally have something to contribute instead of perpetually asking questions.  The project was a big one.  I took all my photos, literally thousands, and put the ones that are most meaningful to me in a photo book.  I had many decades of photos residing in albums, boxes, on the walls, slides, you name it.  Researching how to go about this produced some good information but not nearly enough.

My decision was that one book would not cover all the territory I had ahead.  I learned about a technique called mind-mapping and used it to devise an organizational plan.  All photos would be put in one of four categories: People, Places, Travel, and Events. I found at the end there were some miscellaneous photos which fit no category so I created a fifth book, "More Memories."

The first thing I had to do was define for myself what would and what would not go into each book.  This system of giving each category a definition worked out well.  I feel everything was touched upon but without being a jumbled mess.  As to why I did it, I do have an answer.  I love working with photos and I love an empty page.  What better way to spend the gift of time afforded by the pandemic than doing something I thought I would never have time to do!