Photo organising services
Ready to get your photos more organised?
Organising, managing, and protecting your photos, so that you can make sense of your photo collection and enjoy your precious memories.
You love taking photos but you’re not doing anything with them. They’re just stuck there on your phone, taking up space. And what would happen if you lost your phone?
You’re desperate to get these photos organised, but you don’t know where to begin. (And don’t even start with all the different options and technology!)
You want to be able to find your precious photos easily and quickly, and ensure that they are all backed up and safe.
Maybe you’ve made a start on your own, but there are so many options and you’ve lost focus.
Perhaps you tried one of those photo stick gadgets that promised to bring all your photos together from different devices, but now you’ve got multiple copies of the same photo and you can’t face going through them all to deduplicate them.
You started to put annual photo books together for your family, but the last time you had the time and energy to work on them was 2014 – and now the backlog is too scary to even contemplate.
More Organised is here to help you get your photo collection organised, so you can start enjoying your precious memories!
Your photos deserve to be seen!
I’m Mel, founder of More Organised. I’m a professional organiser and Certified Photo Manager, who is obsessed with helping people preserve and cherish their precious photos and memories.
As an experienced museum curator I spent years organising and managing archives of historically important photographs and documents. Now, as a Certified Photo Manager I help people like you make sense of their photo collections. I am committed to keeping my skills and knowledge up-to-date as technology continues to evolve, so that I can help you keep on top of all those photos you’ve been taking.
Whether you’ve got boxes of old family photos that need some TLC, or a phone full of digital images that you want to keep safe, I can help you untangle your stories and share them with your loved ones. Your photos deserve to be seen!
90-Minute Photo Organising Consultation
Everything you need to start getting your photo overwhelm under control
Investment £125
This is for you if:
You need some help to make sense of the current muddle. You’ve got lots of questions and want to understand what will work best for you.
You might be ready to do the work yourself, but need some expert guidance to help bring it all together… or, you’d rather someone else did the work for you and you understand that a plan is great place to start!
What’s included:
Everything you need to get started organising your photos:
– a 90-minute consultation to dig into your photo situation
– your personalised plan to get your photos more organised
– 7 days email support following the call
Bespoke Service: Organising Your Printed Photos
Securing your printed photos and memories for the future through digitising, cataloguing and safely storing them in a system that works for you.
Investment DEPENDS ON quantity and objectives
This is for you if:
Your printed photos are the only copies you have, and you need to safeguard them against loss. Perhaps you have inherited photos too, that you want to store properly and share with family.
You know you need to keep your photos safely, but you want to actually see and enjoy them too. You’re ready to hand the photos over to someone who can do it all for you.
What’s included:
Every project is different, but typically might include:
– Digitising your printed photos and documents
– Taking printed photos out of deteriorating albums
– Cataloguing your photos
– Storage in archival quality boxes or albums
Organising Your Digital Photos
Organising your digital photos into a bespoke system that works for you and the technology you use. Deduplicated, backed up and shareable!
INVESTMENT: FROM £795
This is for you if:
You’ve got photos all over the place and you need to bring them together into one easily manageable system. Perhaps you’re worried that you don’t have a robust backup plan in place. You’re ready to get some advice on the best systems to meet your objectives, including help with set up and maintenance going forward.
What’s included:
The Organising Your Digital Photos package includes:
– consolidating your photos from various sources into one hub
– deduplicating your photos
– renaming your photos
– saving your digital photos in an agreed file structure
– backing up your digital library
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How Does It Work?
Book a time that suits you for a FREE OF CHARGE, no obligation chat via Zoom or phone.
I’ll send you a few questions in preparation for our call to help you organise your thoughts, so you’ll be prepared for our call and I’ll have already got to know you and your photo collection a little.
In our 30-minute conversation, we’ll talk through your answers to get to the bottom of your photo muddle, and decide on the next steps to fix them. I’ll recommend the best package to suit your requirements.
After the call I’ll send you an email with all the details you need to get started (availability and booking details, details of what happens next, pricing and payment options)
Then we start getting your photos more organised!
Photo consultation
90-minute call
Personalised plan
1 week of email support
£125
Printed photo organising
Removing photos from albums
Scanning to digital copies & backup
File-naming & tagging
Organising & filing the original prints
Maintenance call
£ Bespoke
Scanning from 50p per print
Digital photo organising
Consolidating & deduplicating photos
File naming & metadata
Folder set up & filing
Backup
Maintenance call
From £795
FAQ
Got any questions? Here are some of the most frequently asked... but if your question is not here, please get in touch!
Don’t worry – that’s why we have a free of charge chat to kick things off. I’ll help you choose the right service to meet you where you are in your organising journey right now, and give you the exact amount of support that you need to reach your goal. I appreciate that there is a lot to think about, which is why I provide you with a set of worksheets in the “Photo Organising Consultation” to help you gather together the information that we need to get started.
I work with you over Zoom or phone (or your preferred online communication platform) to guide you through your organising project. I also use Team Viewer to screen-share with your computer, so I can see exactly what is going on with your digital photos, files, and folders. I send you an invitation through our computers and you use that to give me access to your computer. I’ll need you to speak to you over Zoom or phone to kick things off, but once I am in you are free to go off and enjoy your day. There’s no need to sit at your computer and watch me work… unless you really want to!
Every project is different, but photo organising is detailed and focused work which cannot be rushed. Smaller projects can be completed in 1-2 weeks, with larger projects taking anywhere from 1 – 6 months. I will try to give as much guidance on timing as possible at the outset of the project, and will keep you updated throughout the work.
Every photo management project is unique, and reflects the content of your photo library and your personal goals for your collection. Whilst the prices quoted above cover the basic, quantifiable elements of a photo management project, there will be occasions where a more bespoke, creative solution is required.
Whether you are looking for help compiling a photo book, researching a generations-old family album, or setting up an online photo gallery, we can work together to agree a sensible budget that reflects the attention to detail, research and archival solutions required to deliver your project.
If you are local to South West Scotland I will personally collect your photographs from you. Further afield in the UK I use a network of trustworthy independent drivers who can collect your photos and bring them to me here in Dumfries. Alternatively we can use courier companies to ship your photos to us.
Yes of course! Unless you don’t want them back, in which case I can shred them for you. No photographs are destroyed without your written consent.
Don’t worry – I can work with thousands of photos every day so they are just files and data to me. I usually work with minimised thumbnails of the images anyway.
I can be flexible to accommodate working across time zones, but please keep in mind that due to other client and family commitments, this may mean that we have to wait a little longer to get started, so that I can find the ideal slot for you.
Yes of course! I am open to using a variety of platforms for our conversations and sessions, so let me know which is your favourite and we’ll work something out. Personally, I use Zoom, MS Teams, Messenger, and Facetime, as well as phone.
Please don’t buy anything as we won’t know what size of hard drives, albums, boxes etc. we need until I have consolidated your collection, deduplicated files and counted the photos.
I can source any required product for you but won’t go ahead and purchase until you have agreed to it. I also keep a small stock of frequently used items here in my studio which I can make available at cost price.
Finally, if you have any existing product or items that you want to be incorporated into the project (e.g. a treasured family album or a special memory box) please let me know early on in the project so that I can check it is safe for storing delicate photos and advise you accordingly.