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I have way more directories for my photos than 4 but like the idea about using the yyyy/mm/dd format for dating them so they are listed in order that way. Thanks for the tip. I just copy my pictures from the SD memory card when it has a lot on it to a disk to back them up. I only upload the good ones to the computer. I tried using photobucket and Flickr to store them online, but it just takes too long and now Flickr doesn’t even show the codes for embedding them on my blogs. I think photobucket is hard to manipulate, very cumbersome.
I download my photos straight from my camera which puts them in dated folders in my photos folder of my C drive.
That’s minimally good enough for me. I’ve taken all of 2007′s folders, created a main folder labeled 2007 and moved them all there so I don’t have quite so many folders to look through when searching for a particular folder.
Now if I could only get the camera to let me name the photos as I take them, that might be nice. As it is they all have these nice DSC##### file names.
Since I pull them into PSP to crop, adjust and resize them for different projects, I can rename them at that time (which preserves the original for yet another process or project) and save them to a folder with a more intuitive name than just a date.
I don’t really know of any perfect photo file system to be honest. I think sometimes that I just take too darned many photos!
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@Karen: I found that using yyyymmdd was the best format for sorting my pictures by date. I haven’t used Flickr or Photobucket for my digital photos, mainly because I don’t share them online. I just use Mozy for backing up my pictures.
@Margaret: I agree that there is no perfect photo file system. For me, the best system is the one that works for me, and I feel comfortable with. Everyone will have a different method of organizing their photos.
Interesting.. I organize my photos with the year (as parent) and the event name as the sub-folders too. However I didn’t put the date separately like yours.
Mine is like:
2008
o At somewhere beach – 13th October 2008
o Someone’s Birthday – 10th March 2008
Great! I gained some ideas. It has been my problem on how to organize my photos. Thanks!
Wow, i really wish i was that organized.. My issue is that i dont ever take pictures of anything specific, so organizing by dates really never tell me ANYTHING>. I end up with my categories like this
HOUSE
PETS
ME AND HUBBY
WEB IMAGES
EVENTS
But i also do graphic design and end up with a whole other section for that stuff..
I am waiting for the day when they come out with a REALLY GOOD point and shoot camera that will connect to the next and automatically load your pictures to your computer with tags..
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