With Family Day just having past, many will uploading & deleting photos from your camera card to make room for the March Break festive moments.

My word to the wise is don’t delete the photos from your camera card.  Sure you can go ahead & erase the ones where you thumb got in the way or when you someone got you with the “Hey look over here shot”, but keep the rest.

Remember that even though you’ve uploaded them to your computer, it’s not going to be there forever.  Hard drives crash. I understand in this age of technology that you can back up photos on CDs or upload them to social sites as back up, but give it some thought.  Do you really want to go through all your facebook albums to find each shot & have to save it to your new computer?  CDs are great for sending to people, but they are bigger to store than a camera card.

With the prices of camera cards today.  It’s easier to just buy a new card after you’ve filled your 2GB, 10GB, 14GB etc cards.
Just keep them cards in a safe place if you ever need to reload them on to your computer.
I suggest in a recipe box near your hard drive.  In the event of a power surge or virus, your precious photos are still safe & sound.
Camera cards are also great to take to friends’ & relatives’ homes that have digital frames.
It’s much more relaxing to show them your photos (& share your stories) while relaxing on the couch instead of all being huddled around a computer desk.

Lisa McDonald is mother to one son, works full time and part time, is an organizer of women’s group, & Co-Host of MeFest – so you know time management is TRULY important to her.

You can always find Lisa on Twitter at @those2girls