Why I Became a Photo Management Consultant

My Camera History

I started taking pictures when I got my own 110mm film camera at age 10, Christmas 1979. I loved being able to aim at what was important to me (usually my friends or the cat) even if the quality wasn’t so great. My middle school even had a camera day each year where we could snap all day long.

Disney World, Orlando Florida 1984. Captured with 110 mm film camera.

Expanding my camera options:

A small Konica 35mm with interchangeable lenses and a Polaroid were in my possession by the time I started college. Some of my photos from back then ended up in albums for either myself or in scrapbook gifts for friends, but many were just stuffed in a box.

Post-college I invested in a Canon SLR camera and a few photography courses. Sam, my beagle, became a primary subject. I was introduced to Creative Memories and created more elaborate scrapbooks to tell my stories.

Going Digital

The birth of twin girls and a 4megapixel digital camera with a high-priced compact flash card arrived in late 2003 and sent the number of photos I took through the roof.

My scrapbooking had to increase while my free time decreased as I tried to document two new lives as well as my own.

I started having CDs, computers, and flashcards full of digital photos along with boxes of prints to go in scrapbooks. It was heading for an out-of-control situation.

By the mid-2010s I had transitioned to digital scrapbooking (solved the prints problem) with photos from my digital Canon Rebel SLR. I still had computers, external hard drives, CDs, and USB sticks full of photos. I was still in a bit of photo chaos and I didn't even have a photo phone yet!

Why FOREVER?

I was introduced to FOREVER.com through digital scrapbooking. The focus on private and permanent cloud storage appealed to me as I had already experienced a loss of photos due to media failure. My organizing nature (which might be called OCD except I prefer CDO as it is alphabetical) loves the way you can categorize photos into multiple albums and tags. This continues to be super helpful when both girls are in most of the pictures, but I want individual albums for them. The most appealing part was the ability to tell the stories behind the photos.

Believing in their mission and products, I became an ambassador for FOREVER.com and now work as a Photo Management Consultant. I have seen the positive power photos and stories can have in people’s lives, from bringing back a happy memory or calming anxiety. It makes me passionate about saving photos and stories. Now as a Photo Management Consultant, I use their platform to help people save their memories, preserve their stories for future generations, and create personalized photo gifts and books.

I would love to hear your photo story! Contact me to share.

btw - I have upgraded to a new Canon Rebel SLR but mostly shoot on my iphone now.