Good morning from the Bluegrass State,
Regarding pictures and how to keep track of them:
I print out proof sheets of every picture I have and keep them in date
order. I use the Adobe etc to locate pictures if someone wants a
specific picture or a group of pictures that I might have captioned by
group or category. The proof sheets are kept in date order in
binders. I usually print about 16 pictures per page. This has become
very well received in the family. When relatives come to visit they
always ask to see the latest book. They can then ask for copies, as
each picture also has a date and id number under it, plus they can
quickly go through the book to see what we have been up to lately. I
use the Camedia software that came with the Olympus camera but I know
there are many other programs that will print proof type sheets also.
There is enough detail in the proof picture so that it is easy to tell
who, what and where and the date at the bottom tells when.
I also keep pictures organized by date range in a main
folder on the hard disk designated 'digital photos'. The folders
usually hold about 4-6 months worth of photos then I create a new one.
That helps me when I do backups.
I put the year first and then the month and day the folder was
created. For example 2005-7-1 is a sub folder name in my digital
photos main folder. I am way past the point of getting all of the
pictures on a dvd. So now I do incremental backups. I have three
pc's on a home network. Before I erase a memory card from the camera
I make a second copy on another one of the pc's by running those
across the network from the main pc to the remote pc. Then every time
I create a new dated folder I backup the just retired folder to the cd
or dvd. About once a year I will delete the oldest photo folder on
the remote pc.
This is so much easier to maintain than the old 35mm photos in books.
If I had the same number of photographs as I do digital photos I would
need a small warehouse to hold all of the picture albums. This way I
only print out the pictures that someone requests.
Hopefully I have hit upon an idea or two that will help you with your
organizational efforts. The old saying the devil is in the details is
never more true than with trying to keep track of digital photos.
Once you get behind it is a nightmare to catch up.
Mike Schneider
Bluegrass AHCA
mikebn2@win.net
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