Category — Organize Pictures

There are quite a few software programs that allow you to mark your favorite pictures through some kind of sign (a star, a colored square). Then this kind of software allows you to locate your favorite pictures by adding labels to these groups of pictures. The problem with this approach is lack [...]

Popular opinion on the internet suggests that the Tags and Folders based methods for picture organization are mutually exclusive. This means that if you decide to use Tags then you will not be using folders. Or if you’re using Folders to organize your picture, you cannot use Tags. This is very [...]

The fundamental problem with digital picture organization is the very large quantity of pictures that one has to be able to manage. Only by dividing this large quantity into smaller and more manageable groups of pictures, one can successfully organize their digital pictures. This approach is nothing new; it is in fact [...]

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.

In my last two articles I have described the two most popular methods for picture organization: tag organization and folder organization. This week I will provide pros and cons for each method as well as conclusion about potential uses of each method.
1) Organize your pictures using tags:
PROS:

You can assign multiple tags to a single [...]

If you have read a few of my articles you probably noticed that using folders is my preferred method for picture organization. However, picture tagging is very powerful when done and used correctly. This article analyzes the folder based method for organizing your pictures. Next week I plan to write the final [...]

If you have been taking digital pictures for a while you’ve probably been forced to deal with organizing the pictures you’re taking. Personally, I have been using digital cameras for close to 5 years now and I have a collection of close to 30,000 pictures and videos…yes thirty thousand! That’s close to [...]

You’re probably not aware that there is somewhat of a battle when it comes to picture organization. Software manufacturers claim that their programs will organize and categorize your pictures with a click of the mouse…and even without any clicks. All you have to do is take lots of pictures and let their software [...]

If your criterion for organizing pictures is events and you have a baby, you will soon discover that your folder structure doesn’t support baby pictures well. If I want to use “events” as the criterion, then all my baby pictures folders would read something like 06_06_15-home or 06_06_17-park . I would have hundreds of [...]

This article is part of the tutorial called: Simple organization with folders.
> 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 will make up the rooms and restrooms [...]