how do you sort your pictures???

[tinklvr64]

How do you sort your pictures when putting into albums or boxes?? Do you do it chronologically or by child(subject)???

 

[jann1033]

How do you sort your pictures when putting into albums or boxes?? Do you do it chronologically or by child(subject)???

usually if i make a print it's to give to someone so i don'thave a large collection of prints butoccasionally i make a book of something like a vacation or my granddaughter so that would be "subject". chronologically means nothing to me so i'd have no idea what was in there if i did it by date.

 

[spinetnglr]

I just recently started using Lightroom 2 to process pictures and since starting to use it I have been sorting by date (starting with a folder for the year, a month subfolder and then a subfolder for that days shots) by backing up to an EHD with the original RAW files. I then import into Lightroom and process those I want to keep and also backup the keepers into a separate folder (That folder is titled "processed photos" and is broken down by subject) on the external drive. I also back up to dvd the RAW files I consider keepers. I label the dvds by the month the pics on it were shot. I also numerically number the dvds as I fill them so they are easy to keep in order.

 

[ssanders79]

I keep mine in folders based on the the date the pictures were taken. I will sometimes add a description as well.. For example lets say I go to MK today. I would store all todays pics from MK in 20090420 Disney Magic Kingdom.

Then, I use Bridge to tag the images.

Keep in mind this is just my way. I am in no way saying this is the way you should do it. I think everyone finds a method they like and sticks with it. If it works for you great. Just keep it consistant.

 

[tinklvr64]

thanks everyone!

here is my problem...how about older picts (before digital) that have been sorted chronologically but then the rest thrown in a box..what would you do???

 

[11290]

thanks everyone!

here is my problem...how about older picts (before digital) that have been sorted chronologically but then the rest thrown in a box..what would you do???

I sort mine by event (location, whatever) and then date. Found that as I got older it was harder and harder to remember the dates of trips (such as 32 trips to WDW over 36 years) and a lot easier to remember the event. Look up the event and then they are listed by the date, whether scanned prints or digital images.

 

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