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.

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  1. Brek says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest photo struggle is printing the darned things! Since I went digital in 2004 I have only printed a handful of photos to go on layouts. The rest just sit on my pc waiting for me to 'tweek' them or decide what size I want to print them. Now I have so many that I am overwhelmed at the idea of going through them all.
    Brek

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  2. Lenea says…
    01/23/2008

    Sorting, storing, what do you do with the extras after you have scrapped them? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. Kris with a K says…
    01/23/2008

    My photo struggle? Probably different from most here. I am okay with the fewer photos that I DO take...I am enjoying the moments more. The struggle is that the cameras we have just aren't up to snuff on quality. The photos I DO take are not a decent quality at all. I scrap them anyway, as it's the only photo(s) from the event. But it really is a struggle looking at poor quality photos and trying to work with them!

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  4. Lyndal says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest struggle....convincing myself to be IN the photo and not just hid behind the camera.

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  5. Tan says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest struggle is remembering to do regular backups of my digital photos...especially now that they're taking up more than a DVD can hold. It's scary thinking how many memories and scrapbooking ideas could disappear in an instant if there were no backups! That and remembering to tag my photos properly to allow easy finding/cross referencing :)

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  6. Lindsay says…
    01/23/2008

    I have tons of fantastic photos and when I sit down to scrapbook I have no idea what to use. I draw a blank or feel totally overwhelmed. As a result, most of the time I end up not scrapbooking anything at all.

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  7. Ann says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest struggle is not knowing what to do with the thousands of photos i have that i know i'm never going to scrap!
    They are in boxes in my scrapping room wardrobe.

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  8. Sasha Farina says…
    01/23/2008

    my biggest struggle would be organizing and selecting those to be printed for keepsakes rather than leaving them all on the cds!!

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  9. Deena says…
    01/23/2008

    Oh, for sure those cheesy fake smiles that I hate when I am taking them but love looking back at them. Especially the ones with the giant new front teeth that look three times too big!

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  10. Lynne Ashcraft says…
    01/23/2008

    That's funny, just before I came on your blog, I was checking out the Library of Memories class and wishing I could afford it and figured I guess I'll have to wait for the book. =) Thanks for the opportunity. I have been wanting organizing my photos to be my next project so i can get those boxes of photos OUT of my closet!

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  11. Tanya Webster says…
    01/23/2008

    my photo struggles are too large to list them all...basically i am a professional photographer and have four girls...i take a million pictures of them and print hardly any because I am so busy and am overwhelmed with the organizational process of it all...i have boxes and boxes and boxes of photos from my "film" days and i want them in albums soooo badly....i cant delete any of my photos because i love them all for some reason or another...i could go on and on but i am sure you get the picture *wink* :)

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  12. Rebecca K. says…
    01/23/2008

    Thank you for the opportunity to win such a great book! My biggest struggle is getting the pictures off of my computer and onto pages. I have 3000+ pictures of my 2-year-old, and I have YET to make a single page. I guess I need to get over the fear of making a mistake and just jump in--but with 3000 pictures it is a little more than overwhelming.

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  13. elka says…
    01/23/2008

    I'm too darn picky. My husband is a professional photographer, so I'm used to super high quality photos, great and composition. I can't tolerate 'average' photos with a bunch of background distractions, ugly crops, etc. Basically I'm a hard core snob. But I'm working on embracing the photos my family take.

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  14. Carrie Finn says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest photo struggle is actually taking pictures of myself. I went to Scotland this summer and took 700 photos. I bet there were only 10 max that I was actually in. So sad.
    -Carrie

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  15. Launa says…
    01/23/2008

    Oh my, thank you for asking, Ali! I can't seem to throw away or delete a single photo, even if it's not so great, because it will capture a certain look or gesture that's just a little different from the next one. The result, of course, is a glut of photos that obscure the view to the photos that are truly wonderful and that tell my family's story. I need a system, but also somehow I need permission to glean.
    Thanks, Launa

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  16. Doris says…
    01/23/2008

    Taking the pictures - when I asked my daughter to pick out some pictures, she gave me 3 or 4 from her entire life...don't like my hair here, don't like that, etc., etc.

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  17. Melysa B says…
    01/23/2008

    I have a few photo struggles. The biggest one is having people wanting to let me take pictures of them so that I can scrap something. The second one is actually being in the photo. I do not have very many photos of myself in them.

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  18. Jessica says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest photo struggle is actually getting them printed! I've had my digial camera for a year and have not printed any photos-No Joke!

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  19. Andrea says…
    01/23/2008

    Using macro mode! I LOVE it, but can't quite get the focus to work right...I think it's operator error!

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  20. Samantha McCarthy says…
    01/23/2008

    This book looks spectacular! I struggle both personally and professionally with my photos. Personally, I don't have a good system for printing and storing. I print photos twice and scrap them twice(!) and then have hundreds more on the computer that have never been printed or scrapped. Professionally, I teach middle school journalism and we cannot seem to get a handle on how to organize the digital photos that 30 students take daily on 4 computers, ensuring that every student in the school is shown in our yearbook. Thanks!
    Samantha

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  21. ratqueen says…
    01/23/2008

    My struggle is in letting go of photos that aren't worth keeping. If I take a group of photos I know I don't need 150 of them. I know that the 20 best ones would be enough. But for some reason I just can't let go. What if I regret it somewhere down the line?!

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  22. Lindsay Davidson says…
    01/23/2008

    My biggest photo struggle is organization. I am looking for a system that will help me get myself in order on my computer, on CDs and in albums. I just can't seem to get it together!

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  23. Nannette says…
    01/23/2008

    I need to devise a system that matches photo + journaling. So when I am ready to create a layout, everything is ready to go. I can't seem to get the two to come together in an organized way.

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  24. Jill says…
    01/23/2008

    There are probably many as I am learning (it's my goal this year to take a class). But I am so motivated and excited about it! I think my number one challenge is getting my family to allow me to take the photos without "posing" or complaining!

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  25. Barbara says…
    01/23/2008

    I have so many digital photos that I am overwhelmed with how to set up a file naming system. I currently use Picasa which I like because I am a visual person but its getting harder to remember exactly where I've stored or grouped particular photos (could just be old age!). I know there is a better system out there but I haven't even attempted to search it out yet. Photo sorting: item 3 on my top ten list of things to get done this year.

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