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. 2010-01-24

» 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. 2010-01-24.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. 2010-01-30 (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, email, facebook

thank youquestions?