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04/24/2005 05:50:43 PM · #1 |
| I'm beginning to become overwhelmed. I'm sure I save more pics than I need to or will ever look at again. When I do want to go back and find a particular image, however, I have a hard time finding it, If I find it at all. I have family snapshots, challenge photos, file agency photos (just starting that, not sure it is going to be worth the effort), portofolio photos, special occasion photos, theme photos, and photos I just plain like. Could someone share how they organize and save their photos? I've been saving family snaps on a disc for each calendar year...but now that just doesn't seem to be cutting it. |
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04/24/2005 06:01:28 PM · #2 |
| My photos are sorted based on location (I have a much better memory for where something happened than when). My main top folders are Oregon (my original home), Dartmouth (my college and current home), and Travel. Oregon has subfolders based on location and some based on event within those. Dartmouth has some folders based on location and some based on group (marching band, ultimate frisbee team, geology department, etc.). If there are a lot of photos for one location, then they get broken up by date. Travel contains folders for each non-college related trip I've been on (most college trips are filed within the group they are related to) and a Connecticut folder (where all of my grandparents live). Other top folders are one for DPChallenge (with subfolders for each challenge entered - photos entered that weren't taken specifically for the challenge are dually filed in the appropriate location folder), one for photoshop projects, one for essay projects (everything in there is dually filed in the location based folders), a portfolio folder, one for new photos that haven't been filed yet, and one for video clips. |
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04/24/2005 06:16:40 PM · #3 |
| I wish I had a memory at all.......I'm 51 and a product of the 70's if you get my drift. For me, organization is indeed the key to success. Thanks for the reply, Kendall. |
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04/24/2005 06:18:18 PM · #4 |
| I get overwhelmed by this too. It's been easier for me since getting Windows XP since I can view all my photo files as thumbnail images. It's a lot easier to find particular images, even when they don't end up being in the folder I first look in. |
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04/24/2005 07:05:11 PM · #5 |
I do mine by disc size. I make a Disc 1 folder, inside that folder I do Originals and Modified folders and maybe a video folder if I happen to have captured some videos. I store all originals right off the media card in the originals folder and then any I process I place in the modified folder. Then when the main Disc 1 folder gets full I burn it off and start a Disc 2 folder the same way.
I also usually always make a 640x? copy of each original and put them in the modified folder, turn on thumbnail view and they load rather quickly when I open the folder and I can browse them easily as opposed to trying to view thumbnails of the larger ones from the originals folder.
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04/24/2005 07:52:29 PM · #6 |
When I was shooting only JPEGS, I used Apple's iPhoto for rudimentary editing and archiving. I'd back up my iPhoto library regularly to DVDs and be done with it. iPhoto organizes everything in custom folders (called albums), sorts by titles, keywords, film roll or rating and provides for all methods of synced sharing integrated into its interface. Oh yes, life can be so smooth and simple.
I'm shooting nothing but RAW now. Although iPhoto reads, imports and archives RAW, it displays JPEGS (embedded with my 10D). Before editing the RAW files in PS, I need to convert them. When I'm finished editing, I save them either as PSD files or as TIFFs. Obviously, I intend different purposes and formats for many of my shots. To accommodate all this, I need folders for 'Originals' (Raw), PSD files, flattened TIFF files, and 640x JPEGS (for web/DPC). These folders now exist on the root level of my Pictures folder inside my Home folder.
Because of sheer volume and the variety of formats and sizes, I now view and select all orininal RAW files in iViewPro. I still use iPhoto for sharing, slideshows and books, but no longer for archiving.
After importing (card> cardreader> ImageCapture> 'Originals' folder), I batch-rename by adding location or a specific project name and date to the camera filename, colour-tag 'good', 'better' and 'best' shots and burn these to DVD. 'TIFFs', 'JPEG 640x, and 'PSD' folder contents are dealt with in the same fashion.
Every month, I intend to back up the entire Pictures folder to an external FireWire drive. I say intend because I haven't purchased one yet. :-/
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04/24/2005 08:13:14 PM · #7 |
thank you all. zeus, you are an amazing man and your comments very helpful. I just read your bio in your profile. Gave me goosebumps.
I used to think I spent alot of time in the darkroom when I was shooting film. whew. |
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