Photo Freedom Giveaway.

To celebrate Stacy's new book Photo Freedom, I have one here to give away. Leave a comment below + tell me your biggest photo struggle. Comments will be open until Thursday at 8pm Pacific.

Sign in or sign up to comment.

1756 thoughts

  1. DisneyCyndi says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest struggle is getting them out of my camera and laptop (lol).

    Reply 0 Replies
  2. Tiffani says…
    01/23/2008

    Perfectionism sometimes immobilizes my process of getting the photos scrapped and in albums - wanting eveyrthing to be in the right order, say all the right things on the page, have a classy embellishment, figuring out which ones to make layouts for and which ones to just slip in. I have been inspired recently by the pages available for 12x12 albums with 6, 4x6 pockets. But all of this plus homeschooling (i.e. my children are with me 24/7) has led to quite a backlog around here!

    Reply 0 Replies
  3. Lydia says…
    01/23/2008

    Don't download frequently enough. Printing without a plan. Print too many. Have to remind myself- "something can still be accomplished in small increments of time."
    Thanks for the motivation!

    Reply 0 Replies
  4. Stephanie says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest challenge is getting over that overwhelming feeling that every picture I have should be organized whether they be the digital ones or all of the older pre-digital photos I have. I have taken a class of Stacys at CKU and do sort some of my photos using some of her ideas but I never feel like I quite get it done. I would love to be able to easily access all of the photos I think I want before my next child graduates form high school and I am putting an album together for him! Can't wait for the book!

    Reply 0 Replies
  5. Theresa Schmidt says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest photo struggle is that I take many pictures & then have a hard time discerning which ones I want to put on a layout. Once I have picked out certain photos I don't know how to organize the photos that I still want to keep, but that did not make it on to certain layouts. I also need help with an organization system that allows for cross referencing to occur within that system.

    Reply 0 Replies
  6. tonya says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest problem as a digital photographer is in taking the time to print them out so I can enjoy them!

    Reply 0 Replies
  7. AnnB says…
    01/23/2008

    Digital pictures -- I hardly ever print any more and then I don't have a stash to pick from.

    Reply 0 Replies
  8. Heather says…
    01/23/2008

    Taking indoor photos and getting the lighting right.

    Reply 0 Replies
  9. Reyna says…
    01/23/2008

    Hmmm...biggest struggles:
    1.I have lots of ideas but I don't dedicate enough time.
    2.I have a really hard time deleting photos
    but need the storage space
    3.Using my photos for more than just basic scrapbooking.

    Reply 0 Replies
  10. Janel says…
    01/23/2008

    having so many pictures to organize everyday and then having the fear I could lose them off my computer. I will take ten pictures to get one good one, but then I can't delete the other nine shots! I am a photo pack rat!

    Reply 0 Replies
  11. Keely K says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest photo struggle has been getting good pictures with low light. I need to read up on my camera.

    Reply 0 Replies
  12. lisa t says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest issue is how to organize a huge backlog of pictures that seem to stifle me from moving forward with current pics. I feel like they are a cloud that hangs over my head!

    Reply 0 Replies
  13. Annette Jaderholm says…
    01/23/2008

    It's hard to narrow it down to just one- I think it would have to be trying to capture the emotion of the moment. I take the picture because I want to remember the feeling and by the time I upload and print, it seems a little trivial and I feel foolish making a page about it. For instance, my daughter was given a "girls rule" pin for her birthday. She told me that she keeps it in her pocket because she doesn't want to hurt her friends' (two boys) feelings. I love her gentleness and compassion and it's hard to put that onto a 4x6 glossy. I took a picture of her little hand holding the pin and will jot down the story but it doesn't seem to do it justice.

    Reply 0 Replies
  14. Lisa H. says…
    01/23/2008

    What do I do with all the pictures I dont scrapbook? Will my kids appreciate the "perfect" scrapbook photos or will they prefer the many, many random images not worthy of scrapbooking? How can I make them both co-exist peacefully?

    Reply 0 Replies
  15. Tiffani M. says…
    01/23/2008

    Hi Ali,
    I have a few stuggles, like most people, I can't seem to keep up on scrapping the photos I print. I seem to get them printed, but I tend to print too many. I like them all, so I'm left with a lot of extra pics. My biggest struggle is with the photo itself. I'm colorblind, so seeing all the color within a photo is a struggle.

    Reply 0 Replies
  16. Budletsmom says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest problem is organizing them. I take a lot of photos but can never seem to find them when I feel like scrapping and I often find a ton of pictures I forgot about. I usually don't print them out until I am thinking about scrapping and then it takes me hours to print out 6 months worth - so need to come up with a better system.

    Reply 0 Replies
  17. Brooke Hren says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest problem is sorting. I want to get multiples so that each child has one for every event. But them I wonder if I have to many different folders and hope that I don't miss something because I labeled it "this" but forget where I put it. I wish I could remember what I tag things!

    Reply 0 Replies
  18. Christina Herum says…
    01/23/2008

    I guess it would be thinking outside the box...getting those images you wouldn't think of. And also getting past feel akward taking pictures all the time and always having my camera with me. I am getting better, but sometime still feel weird.

    Reply 0 Replies
  19. Jody says…
    01/23/2008

    My major problem is getting the mountain of photos chronologically into albums. The D-SLR can't take a bad photo, so I can't keep up :(

    Reply 0 Replies
  20. Jody says…
    01/23/2008

    My major problem is getting the mountain of photos chronologically into albums. The D-SLR can't take a bad photo, so I can't keep up :(

    Reply 0 Replies
  21. Ingunn says…
    01/23/2008

    Yay! Giveaway!
    My biggest struggle is deciding which photos are "important enough" to scrapbook - I take so many photos and I'm worried that our house is just going to be *full* of volumes upon volumes of scrapbooks in a couple of years!

    Reply 0 Replies
  22. Katy says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest photo struggle is what I call my "Photo Conundrum"--My pictures are what inspires me to scrapbook in the first place, yet they bog me down mentally with their untold stories AND physically with the sheer management of sorting/organizing/storing/retrieving them! Help?

    Reply 0 Replies
  23. Christina says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest photo struggle is allowing myself to be the subject of the photo... EVER. (I'm never quite ready enough to let others snap that shot, ya' know?) So we have a great camera, a great photo printer, PLENTY of scrapbook supplies, (and I love to scrap!), but there sure aren't many photos of me anywhere...

    Reply 0 Replies
  24. Julie S. says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest photo struggle is with digital photos - saving to CD and choosing which to print and scrap. It just seemed so easy with film, you had them all at your fingertips.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply 0 Replies
  25. kelly says…
    01/23/2008

    The Biggest Struggle i have is ORGANIZING them!!!! If I had them organized they would be easier to scrap right??

    Reply 0 Replies

Sign in or sign up to comment.