Ten Years, Ten Thousand Memories

It’s been a crazy, but wonderful, few months during which I sold a house, bought a house, traveled to San Diego for the annual Photo Managers Conference, took an incredible family trip to Utah’s National Parks, and tried to keep up with my client’s projects along the way!

This summer marks TEN YEARS of Organized Photos Forever, LLC helping clients tame their photo chaos.  While I had been helping clients organize their photos before then, in 2015 I officially started my business and became acertified Professional Photo Manager.

My model has always been to provide customized white glove service to a select group of clients so they can find, enjoy and share their photo memories in a way that makes sense for them.

It’s my clients, many of whom are reading this newsletter, that have made this decade so rewarding. I’ve had the privilege of getting to know you, your family, your milestones, your vacations and your heritage through photos. I’m so fortunate to work with kind, respectful, and often fun people who trust Organized Photos Forever to turn their bins of print photos (or “a blob of randomness” as my client Caitlin called her collection) or gigabytes of scattered digital photos, into a streamlined, archived collection, supplemented with beautiful photo books.

Just in the past few months, here are some notes I’ve gotten from clients:

“Karen was incredibly creative and smart about what the best approach was for my project. She asked excellent questions, was exceptionally thorough and offered unique and helpful solutions. Plus she is so relatable, nice and fun to be with.” Susanna from Darien, CT

“Working with Karen was a dream. She transformed old bins of loose photos into an organized timeline of family history. She was incredibly thoughtful and communicative, providing updates along the way all while being incredibly kind and realistic about the timeline of the project. She, in essence, did the dirty work, while my father and I got to take the fun trip down memory lane.”

Debby and her dad Rip from Wilton, CT

“You are a miracle worker.”

Caitlin from Fairfield, CT

“You cannot imagine how excited my mom is seeing all these pictures again so beautifully restored. I can't thank you enough for your time, attention to detail, and perfectionism to make this such a special part of her 90th birthday.” Stephanie from Greenwich, CT

“Brought tears to my eyes to re-live these memories.”

Lisa from Westfield, NJ

“The album was a huge success. Please don’t retire!”

Frank from Greenwich, CT

Well Frank, and all my readers, I have no intention to retire. I love this work so much!

Here’s to Ten More Years and Ten Thousand More memories!

Best,

Karen Herman