The last few weeks, I’ve been sharing how to move past common photo book obstacles. Most obstacles we face when it comes to starting a photo book are mental. Once you’re clear you want to make a photo book and you figure out how to fold it into your workflow, it’s time to get tactical. And that’s exactly where we are heading for the next three weeks.
If you’ve been a BTP reader for a while, you probably already know my favorite first step to organizing your library. But whether you’re familiar or not, it’s important to follow these steps year after year. The more you can make it consistent, the more likely it will become part of your process and feel less like a chore.
Your first action step is to get all of your photos from the year in one place.
It’s time to make sure you have every single photo taken in 2017 all in one photo library catalog.
The software program doesn’t matter. The point is that your photos are not scattered in multiple folders, programs, or computers.
Once you have all of your photos in one place, note the total number of photos you’ve collected so far in 2017. This is your starting point. And it will come in handy for your task next week.
While this task seems simple, it’s oh-so-important to do. And we all need simple tasks to easily complete to build momentum. 😉
My specific tasks for the week are to finally develop the two rolls of film from our summer vacation and to import my iPhone photos into my main LR catalog.
Even though I’ve been putting off these tasks for several months, it should only take about 30 minutes of effort – 20min to fill out the film development form and mail it to the developer and 10min to import my iPhone photos. I can definitely fit that into my schedule.
I’d love to hear from you in the comments below – what task do you need to put on your weekly to-do list based on this email? And how much time do you think it will take to finish this task?
I’ll see you next week with your next action step!
