MTRI Photography Workshop Session 3 Importing and organizing your photos

let’s talk about … importing –camera – cable – computer –memory cards & readers SD, SDHD, CF, etc. organizing Mac or PC? file by date, or category … new search-based storage managing –keep it neat and tidy  Session 4 = editing and improving

importing hardware –cable –memory cards SD, SDHD, CF software –windows, mac, or photo style –copy, cut, or move

organizing there are two levels of organization –1) the filename –2) the folder name –by date year-month-day (yyyy-mm-dd) –ex »Pro: stores photos chronologically »Con: –by event folders named by an event description –ex. trip to Ontario »Pro: searchable »Con: –by subject

organizing 1) filenames –by date year-month-day (yyyy-mm-dd) –ex jpg »Pro: stores photo files chronologically »Con: not too informative –by event files named by an event description –ex. trip to Ontario »Pro: searchable »Con: –by subject

organizing 1) folder names –by date year-month-day (yyyy-mm-dd + description) –ex (MTRI photo workshop) »Pro: stores photo folders chronologically »Con: sterile –by event folders named by an event description –ex. trip to Ontario »Pro: searchable »Con: –by subject

managing keep your folders neat and tidy –choose a system, and stick to it delete duplicates –keep only the best of a certain shot back’em up! –external hard drive (1TB = 1000GB  $100) –online database (10GB = $10/year) –DVD (100 x 4.7GB = $20) share –print, , facebook

thank you questions?