Save Your Photos Month

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Where:: United States
Date change rule:: Every September
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Save Your Photos Month arrives every September, urging us to safeguard our precious visual memories. Take this time to organize, back up, and preserve your digital and physical photo collections. Discover new tools and techniques to ensure your personal history endures for future generations.

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Expected Save Your Photos Month Deals

Throughout Save Your Photos Month, expect major retailers and tech companies to offer promotions on storage solutions and photo services. Look for discounts from Google Photos, Apple iCloud, and Amazon Photos on expanded cloud storage plans. Brands like Western Digital and SanDisk often feature sales on external hard drives and memory cards. Photo printing services such as Shutterfly and Snapfish may provide deals on photo books and prints, encouraging you to bring digital memories to life. We will update this page with confirmed live deals as September approaches.

Platform Guide for Save Your Photos Month

Instagram

Tag @nationaltoday_ and use #SaveYourPhotosMonth. Share your favorite throwback photos and tips for organizing digital albums.

Facebook

Mention National Today (facebook.com/nationaltoday) and use #SaveYourPhotosMonth. Engage with community discussions on photo preservation challenges and solutions.

TikTok

Tag @www.nationaltoday.com and use #SaveYourPhotosMonth. Film quick tutorials on backing up photos or creative ways to display old family pictures.

Save Your Photos Month Hero

George Eastman

George Eastman (1854–1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized roll film, making photography accessible to the masses. His invention of the Kodak camera in 1888, pre-loaded with film and easily processed, transformed photography from a specialized skill into a widespread hobby, directly contributing to the explosion of personal photos we capture and now need to save.

History of Save Your Photos Month

Save Your Photos Month is observed globally by everyone who wishes to preserve, organize, and share their pictures, and also convert their old pictures. It was first observed in 2014 by the Association of Personal Photos Organizers, now known as The Photo Managers. Every September photo retailers, photo organizers, and some companies will come together either online or through social media, campaigns to raise awareness and inform people of the advantages of keeping their pictures.

The first picture was taken in 1825 by Joseph Nicephore Niepce, a French inventor. He took this picture by using a petroleum derivative called ‘Bitumen of Judea’ to record the camera’s projection. When Bitumen is exposed to light it gets hard, and the unhardened material could be washed away. Niepce will then polish the metal plate that he used and this will make a negative image that can be coated with ink to produce a print. The major problem with this method was that the metal plate was expensive to produce, heavy, and took a lot of time to polish. But in 1839, Sir John Herschel made the first glass negative. This both made the process easier and produced better results. Despite the improvement, it still took a long time for photography to be recognized publicly.

Remarkable advancements in digital technology have made taking and saving photos easier than ever. Icloud (a means of storing pictures online) was launched by Apple on October 12, 2011. Another storage service called Google Photos developed by Google was announced in May 2015.

Save Your Photos Month timeline

1972

The First Digital Photograph

Micheal Francis publishes the first color digital photograph in 1972.

1998

The First Photo Ever Uploaded

A picture of an all-female comedy band described as the ‘high energy rock band’ is uploaded, making it the first picture ever uploaded on the Internet.

1999

The First Camera Phone Is Released

Kyocera Visual Phone VP-210, the first-ever commercial camera phone, is released in Japan, in May 1999.

2011

ICloud Is Introduced

Apple introduces iCloud, which is cloud storage for data, including photos.

How Businesses Can Celebrate Save Your Photos Month

Local businesses can engage with Save Your Photos Month by offering special services and promotions. Photo studios could host workshops on digital archiving or offer discounts on photo restoration. Tech repair shops might provide data backup services or sales on external storage devices. Even local print shops can promote deals on photo books or large-format prints, encouraging customers to bring their digital memories to life and ensure their longevity beyond a screen.

Save Your Photos Month FAQs

When is Save Your Photos Month?

Save Your Photos Month runs throughout September 2026, dedicating a full month to the crucial task of safeguarding your cherished digital and physical memories.

How many photos are taken globally each year?

Globally, an estimated 1.7 trillion digital photos are taken each year, with smartphones being the primary device. This staggering number highlights the immense volume of memories we create and the constant need for effective backup strategies.

What are the most popular ways to back up photos?

The most popular photo backup methods include cloud storage services like Google Photos, Apple iCloud, and Amazon Photos, which offer convenient syncing. External hard drives and network-attached storage (NAS) devices also remain favored for local, high-capacity backups.

Why is preserving old family photos so important?

Preserving old family photos is crucial because they serve as tangible links to our heritage, capturing moments and faces that define our personal and collective history. They offer invaluable insights into past generations and cultural traditions.

Save Your Photos Month Activities

Take a picture
Since the month is about photos, the best way to celebrate it will be to take pictures. Get your hands on a very good camera and take as many pictures as you can.
Save your pictures
Save Your Photos Month is all about saving your pictures so you would never lose them. Have you saved all your pictures? Check your gallery and your old photo album and confirm that everything is backed up.
Create awareness
You need to tell more people about this amazing month so they don’t miss out. Spread the word that the beautiful month of September is Save Your Photos Month.

5 Facts About Photography

Photo booths have been around since 1925
The first photo booth was created in 1925 in New York City
The first human picture was accidental
The first time the picture of a person was taken, it was accidental.
A panorama photo is unusual
The end of a panorama photo captures different points in time.
Your left side is your good side
The good side of one’s face is one’s left side.
Nobody smiled in old photos
Nobody ever smiled in old photos because they were using back braces to stay still.

Why We Love Save Your Photos Month

It helps us to save memories
Save Your Photos Month reminds us to store our photos such that we never lose them. This has helped a lot of people preserve memories forever.
Photography has a long history
Photography has been around since the late 1830s. Photographs help us to capture our best moments.
Celebrates new technology
We have the opportunity to save our photos in large, permanent, secure storage today thanks to the new technology available for us. Technology has made the entire process of producing and storing images easy and incredibly fast.