Best articles on photo organization

There is a lot of information on OrganizePictures.com. Sometimes it’s hard for a first time visitor to find what he or she needs. This is the purpose of this page: to put together a shortcut for the most important articles I have written and organize them in a logical way. This page contains everything you need to know about organizing your pictures. It’s true that there is a lot more on my page, but this is where all new visitors should start.

Organize your pictures in with easy lessons

Think of it as a class with five tutorials: one for understanding the issues, one for learning efficient folder structure, one for understanding and applying keywords to you digital pictures, one for creating an efficient photography workflow and one for learning how to publish your pictures online. For most people using an efficient folder structure for organizing their pictures will probably be enough. For the advanced amateur and professional photographers using keywords in addition to folders is a must.

Learn the common issues with picture organization.

• Understand the problem
• Understand the solution for organizing your pictures
• Tags vs. Folders - the great debate. [MUST READ] A comparison of the two available methods

Learn simple and efficient photo organization using folders

• Easy steps to create efficient folder names
• Build a strong foundation. How to build an extensible folder structure that will support your growing collection for years to come.
• Organize your pictures in 5 easy steps…no kidding.[MUST READ] Putting it all together with folders

Learn how to harness the power of keywords (or tags)

• When folders are not enough. How to know when you need to be starting to add keywords to your pictures.
• 5 steps to create precise keywords for tagging your pictures. [MUST READ]. What you need to know before creating and applying keywords to your digital pictures.
• Adobe Lightroom - an exercise in keywording. An example of creating and applying precise keywords to your digital pictures using Adobe Lightroom.

Learn how to create an efficient photography workflow

• Is there a perfect photography workflow?
• How to define an efficient photography workflow
• Is your photography workflow good enough?
• The ABCs of an efficient photography workflow
• One simple strategy to optimize your photography workflow

Learn how to publish your pictures online

• Questions you must ask.
• Use an online image sharing library.
• Host your image galleries.
• Generate your image galleries