... Big Picture Scrapbooking ...

"Scrapbooking is anything you do with pictures and words,
to honor a moment in time."

In this class I am promoting a broad definition of scrapbooking and comprehensive approach to memory preservation.

One of the main reasons I am doing this is …

...for Addie. Addie is three. I'm pretty sure Addie is more comfortable with my iPhone than I am. Addie can turn on my phone, open up my pictures, go to the All About Addie folder and find the photo of her dressed as a bumble bee for Halloween. Addie finds this photo almost every single day.

The way we enjoy, share and use pictures has forever changed and will continue to change as new technologies continue to develop and provide us with as yet, unthought of avenues of capture, connection and community.

It's not going to benefit anyone now or in the future to hold on to an archaic view of what scrapbooking is or should be. Nor is it healthy to limit your creative efforts to just one size, style, or output of personal expression.

Scrapbooking includes traditional scrapbooks and photo albums. Traditional scrapbooks come in all sorts of sizes and styles. Some sit on a shelf, others can be tucked under a pillow. Scrapbooks can be part of your home décor and even part of your library of bound hardcover books.

The good news is there are so many additional forms of scrapbooking today.

When you display your photos on your phone or MP3 player or some other hand held device, you are scrapbooking.
When you write a post on your blog, you are scrapbooking.
When you self publish using a service like blurb.com, you are scrapbooking.
When you decide to post and share photos via a Shutterfly Share Site, you are scrapbooking.
When you start a new Flickr group (private or public) you are scrapbooking.
When you visit Shuttercal.com and start a daily calendar online, you are scrapbooking. Note: you can see my Shutter Cal here.
When you send out a Twitter tweet or update your status on Facebook, you are scrapbooking.
When you document milestones and memories at This Moment you are most definitely scrapbooking.

This is a short list of just a few of the tools and services that provide us an avenue for recognizing and validating our lives.

ANYTIME, you do anything that freezes time, records personal perspective, documents daily life or preserves, for now and the future, words and/or photos, you are embracing the spirit of scrapbooking.

Welcome to lesson two!

Before you can take meaningful advantage of what technology and the Internet has to offer, you need to be better acquainted with your pictures and you need to establish a digital workflow. Please don't be scared and don't worry - Yes, there is a lot to do and yes, time is always short, but … there is enough time to scrapbook your most important memories.

I'm so glad you are here.

print and read through the handout once
watch and listen to the slide presentation
read the handout again
print all other downloads and read through them
listen to the audio, "But I have 20+ years of pictures!"
read the handout assignments again
START

Post any questions you have (after starting) on our classroom forum.

You can do this!

Lesson 2 Assignments

Handout	Glossary of Terms	Organizational Products
Digital Workflow	Photo Flow Lists

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Lesson 2 Presentation

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Audio: But, I have 20+ years of photos!