http://www.organizepictures.com Learn how to organize your digital pictures. The bridge between digital camera and computer. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/07/how-photo-management-software-works http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/07/how-photo-management-software-works#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:55:21 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=127 Keywords or tags are the hottest topic when it comes to organizing your pictures. So what does an image organizer software do in order to create and add keywords to image files ?]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/07/how-photo-management-software-works/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/07/portable-image-metadata http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/07/portable-image-metadata#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:08:07 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=128 Now that I have explained the different types of image metadata there is one more question to answer: how does this image metadata end up in your image files? This article will explain the road very frequently traveled by image metadata. ]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/07/portable-image-metadata/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/06/iptc-xmp-image-metadata http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/06/iptc-xmp-image-metadata#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:47:55 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=126 Tagging your images is so cool, compared with using plain old folders...at least that's what everyone says :) But how do your carefully created keywords get attached to your images? What are EXIF, IPTC and XMP? And most of all...why should you care about all of these acronyms? ]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/06/iptc-xmp-image-metadata/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/06/lost-my-comments http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/06/lost-my-comments#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:52:49 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=125 http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/06/lost-my-comments/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/all-you-need-to-know-about-organizing-your-pictures http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/all-you-need-to-know-about-organizing-your-pictures#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 15:37:57 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=124 http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/all-you-need-to-know-about-organizing-your-pictures/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/source-of-blog-readers http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/source-of-blog-readers#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 19:35:10 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/source-of-blog-readers their project with another phase. Tibor wants to get some answers to questions that have to do with source of readers for my blog. ]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/source-of-blog-readers/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/imatch http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/imatch#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 18:01:39 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/imatch In my quest to find an alternative for Adobe Lightroom I was told to give iMatch a try because it would do what I need. So I proceeded to try doing the same exercise in keywording that I have done with Adobe Lightroom. However, I can't really write much about it because I couldn't do it and I got very frustrated with the software. ]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/imatch/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/adobe-lightroom-keyword-management http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/adobe-lightroom-keyword-management#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 21:43:48 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/adobe-lightroom-keyword-management I have been looking for a long time for some software that would allow me to manage keywords in an efficient manner. What do I mean by efficient? It's pretty simple: all I want is the ability to group my keywords into categories or domains. For example: I want car, boat, ship, carriage, bus and bicycle to all be grouped into a domain called transportation. Can I do that with Adobe Lightroom?]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/adobe-lightroom-keyword-management/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/blog-statistics http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/blog-statistics#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 21:09:16 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/blog-statistics Sometimes it's good to do a sanity check on a blog. You've got to go back in time and see if anyone says anything good about your blog...well at least you've got to find something out there about your blog...otherwise you're writing all to yourself. That's what I did...I went back through my analytics reports provided by Google Analytics. ]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/05/blog-statistics/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/04/create-precise-keywords-for-digital-assets http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/04/create-precise-keywords-for-digital-assets#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:16:31 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/04/create-precise-keywords When I read articles regarding the creation of keywords for the purpose of tagging pictures, I see two kinds of advice: some say you should just start adding keywords to your images others say you should be careful and think through your keywords before creating them. ]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/04/create-precise-keywords-for-digital-assets/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/04/folders-to-tags http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/04/folders-to-tags#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:01:35 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/04/when-folders-are-not-enoughtags-are-your-friends It is rare when a complex problem can have a simple solution. Most of the times however, a complex problem can have a simple solution that only works well for some of the times. This is the case with folder based method of organizing your pictures. So, how do you know when folders are not enough?]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/04/folders-to-tags/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/04/tags-and-folders http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/04/tags-and-folders#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:22:49 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/04/tags-and-folders Most people believe that tags and folders exclude each other, but this article will show that if used together they can create a simple yet powerful organization structure for your pictures.]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/04/tags-and-folders/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/03/improve-your-photography http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/03/improve-your-photography#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:54:45 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/03/improve-your-photography Taking a picture is very simple but obtaining a great picture is a complicated task. Have you wondered what is the difference between a great photographer and a beginner photographer?]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/03/improve-your-photography/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/02/generate-your-image-galleries http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/02/generate-your-image-galleries#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:53:48 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/02/10/publish-pictures-online-4-generate-your-online-image-galleries/ In my previous article about publishing online image galleries, I have addressed the two major solutions available for hosting your photo galleries on your own web site. The first solution that I have talked about was to use gallery generation software that will produce all the files necessary for publishing your gallery. This article will explore some of the implementations that are available for this solution.]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/02/generate-your-image-galleries/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/01/host-your-image-galleries http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/01/host-your-image-galleries#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:07:12 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/01/30/publish-pictures-online-3-host-your-own-picture-galleries/ http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/01/host-your-image-galleries/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/01/use-an-online-sharing-library http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/01/use-an-online-sharing-library#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:37:24 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=97 http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/01/use-an-online-sharing-library/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/01/questions-you-must-ask http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/01/questions-you-must-ask#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:32:00 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=96 http://www.organizepictures.com/2008/01/questions-you-must-ask/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/12/how-should-you-name-your-folders http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/12/how-should-you-name-your-folders#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:09:21 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=94 I really believe that creating a strong folder structure is the best way to organize your digital pictures. Such a structure can be expanded with the use of tags if needed (see Tags vs. Folders). [...]]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/12/how-should-you-name-your-folders/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/12/using-folders-to-select-favorite-pictures http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/12/using-folders-to-select-favorite-pictures#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:15:19 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=92 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/12/using-folders-to-select-favorite-pictures/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/12/tags-and-folders-are-not-mutually-exclusive http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/12/tags-and-folders-are-not-mutually-exclusive#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:29:36 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=91 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/12/tags-and-folders-are-not-mutually-exclusive/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/how-to-apply-divide-and-conquer-to-picture-organization http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/how-to-apply-divide-and-conquer-to-picture-organization#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:57:31 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=90 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/how-to-apply-divide-and-conquer-to-picture-organization/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/faststone-image-viewer-simple-and-fast http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/faststone-image-viewer-simple-and-fast#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:07:13 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=89 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/faststone-image-viewer-simple-and-fast/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/tags-vs-folders-the-big-debate http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/tags-vs-folders-the-big-debate#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:19:59 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/tags-vs-folders/ If you have been taking digital pictures for a while you’ve probably been forced to deal with organizing your pictures. You have also probably been asking yourself if the method you're using is a good method. ]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/tags-vs-folders-the-big-debate/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/tags-vs-folders-comparison http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/tags-vs-folders-comparison#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:48:33 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=87 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/tags-vs-folders-comparison/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/tags-vs-folders-part-ii-folder-your-pictures http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/tags-vs-folders-part-ii-folder-your-pictures#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:40:44 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=84 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/tags-vs-folders-part-ii-folder-your-pictures/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/tags-vs-folders-organize-your-pictures-using-tags http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/tags-vs-folders-organize-your-pictures-using-tags#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:34:13 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=81 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/11/tags-vs-folders-organize-your-pictures-using-tags/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/10/whos-organizing-your-pictures http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/10/whos-organizing-your-pictures#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:49:25 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=79 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/10/whos-organizing-your-pictures/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/10/road-test-rechargeable-batteries-ii http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/10/road-test-rechargeable-batteries-ii#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:06:38 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=74 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/10/road-test-rechargeable-batteries-ii/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/09/great-batteries-make-a-big-difference http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/09/great-batteries-make-a-big-difference#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:09:30 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=73 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/09/great-batteries-make-a-big-difference/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/09/when-did-i-take-that-picture-2 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/09/when-did-i-take-that-picture-2#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:13:01 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=70 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/09/when-did-i-take-that-picture-2/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/09/crash http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/09/crash#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:50:48 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/09/crash/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/09/software-review-xnview http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/09/software-review-xnview#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2007 06:38:46 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=66 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/09/software-review-xnview/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/08/organize-baby-pictures-is-it-really-different http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/08/organize-baby-pictures-is-it-really-different#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:28:11 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=62 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/08/organize-baby-pictures-is-it-really-different/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/08/increase-battery-life http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/08/increase-battery-life#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:16:46 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=60 My batteries are dead! Not again! I have owned two digital cameras over several years and I can definitely say that I have said these phrases at least a few times. Find out how a few simple things can dramatically improve the life of your batteries.]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/08/increase-battery-life/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/07/backup-pictures-using-syncback-freeware http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/07/backup-pictures-using-syncback-freeware#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:51:11 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=58 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/07/backup-pictures-using-syncback-freeware/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/07/backup-pictures-things-you-need http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/07/backup-pictures-things-you-need#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:06:13 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=57 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/07/backup-pictures-things-you-need/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/07/build-a-strong-foundation http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/07/build-a-strong-foundation#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:12:13 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=55 || Next Lesson > How does one build a wall? Brick by brick! Simple right? However, without a carefully laid out plan all those bricks on top of each other make no sense. You need to build multiple walls that [...]]]> http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/07/build-a-strong-foundation/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/07/flex-your-folders http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/07/flex-your-folders#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:16:46 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=53 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/07/flex-your-folders/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/06/whos-organizing-your-pictures-you-or-software http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/06/whos-organizing-your-pictures-you-or-software#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:19:32 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=71 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/06/whos-organizing-your-pictures-you-or-software/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/06/optical-viewfinder http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/06/optical-viewfinder#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:21:50 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=48 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/06/optical-viewfinder/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/06/backup-pictures-do-you-really-need-to-do-it http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/06/backup-pictures-do-you-really-need-to-do-it#comments Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:02:53 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=56 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/06/backup-pictures-do-you-really-need-to-do-it/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/06/consider-this-when-buying-a-new-camera http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/06/consider-this-when-buying-a-new-camera#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:12:16 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=49 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/06/consider-this-when-buying-a-new-camera/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/05/when-did-i-take-that-picture http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/05/when-did-i-take-that-picture#comments Mon, 14 May 2007 07:30:31 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=34 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/05/when-did-i-take-that-picture/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/05/e-mailing-pictures http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/05/e-mailing-pictures#comments Wed, 02 May 2007 20:26:43 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/?p=72 http://www.organizepictures.com/2007/05/e-mailing-pictures/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/11/5-easy-steps-to-transfer-your-pictures-using-windows-xp-photo-wizard http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/11/5-easy-steps-to-transfer-your-pictures-using-windows-xp-photo-wizard#comments Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:52:13 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/11/5-easy-steps-to-transfer-your-pictures-using-windows-xp-photo-wizard/ http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/11/5-easy-steps-to-transfer-your-pictures-using-windows-xp-photo-wizard/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/10/2-things-to-ignore-when-shopping-for-a-digital-camera http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/10/2-things-to-ignore-when-shopping-for-a-digital-camera#comments Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:57:30 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/10/2-things-to-ignore-when-shopping-for-a-digital-camera/ http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/10/2-things-to-ignore-when-shopping-for-a-digital-camera/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/10/5-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-digital-camera http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/10/5-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-digital-camera#comments Sun, 08 Oct 2006 22:53:39 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/10/5-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-digital-camera/ http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/10/5-things-to-consider-when-buying-a-digital-camera/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/10/optimize-camera http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/10/optimize-camera#comments Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:10:44 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/10/optimize-camera/ http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/10/optimize-camera/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/09/identify-lost-pictures http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/09/identify-lost-pictures#comments Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:01:11 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/09/identify-lost-pictures/ http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/09/identify-lost-pictures/feed http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/09/find-pictures http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/09/find-pictures#comments Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:59:47 +0000 vlad http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/09/find-pictures/ http://www.organizepictures.com/2006/09/find-pictures/feed