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06/19/2009 02:03:47 AM · #1 |
| I believe the most guests of the forum are shutterbugs. There must be lots of photos on each one's hard disk. May i ask how do you deal with so many photos? And what software do you use to modify and enjoy the photos? |
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06/19/2009 04:53:05 AM · #2 |
welcome to dpc!
the answer depends on where you are with your photography and where you want to go with it. there are solutions out there for just about every situation and for just about every wallet.
some people will be able to keep their photos on a single machine, making backups to CDs or DVDs. if they fill up a machine, they will either upgrade their machine, or get an external harddrive (or two or three or so on). when they tire of fooling around with numerous externals, they'll opt for some sort of huge storage device like a drobo or a NAS.
as to dealing with them, there are numerous software packages for cataloging images, ranging from free to ridiculous. again, it's a matter of what meets you and your wallets needs. you'll also have to take into account what type of machine you are using, whether it's a pc or a mac.
the same is true for editing and processing digital images. there are lots of options, it's just a matter of finding one that's right for you.
there are lots of discussions here in the dpc forums. sometimes, you can get explicit answers to your questions; sometimes, you'll need to poke through the forums to see what's been discussed before. you can read about some free editing software in this thread and you can read about storage in this thread. these are just a couple examples of the many, many discussions you'll find here. just poke around, learn to use the search function, and you can probably find almost anything you're looking for. |
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06/27/2009 02:34:03 AM · #3 |
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07/09/2009 09:26:28 AM · #4 |
I use a Mac and a couple of external hard drives. From the camera, I use a program called "Preveiew" similar to one of the PC programs. I look through the photos, and eliminate the ones not good enough to keep.
In one of the ext drives, I have a file for the camera files for each month. I then move the good files to the monthly file. From there, I run the "Preview" program again, and choose which ones to move to my editing program.
I keep at least a few from each session in the edit program in order to have a way to find that session or event again. After editing, i put the most of the edited ones in a monthly file in one of the ext drives.
This allows me to keep up with the 50K shots, and to be able to find any shot within a minute, either edited, or straight from the camera version.
I also back up to DVD about every two weeks, and put the DVD in a separate location, away from my home.
The whole file system works by date and time.
If there are photos of an event or subject that is unique, I put a key word with the image file/files, and I can find them by typing that keyword into the search box within a couple of seconds.
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07/09/2009 09:47:18 AM · #5 |
I use the file system on my computer, organizing the photos in folders, naming the folders with the date a a brief description of the session.
When Initially download from the camera, I dump them in a temporary folder on my external drive. I then preview them and move the ones with potential to the internal drive. The RAW files are in the main folder labeled with the date and description. Under this folder, I have one for the shots converted to JPG & TIF, and under this is a folder for the edited images. Full sized edits are saved with the original filename from the camera, and resized images have the pixel dimension of the long edge appended to the filename, so I can identify the smaller ones with a quick glance.
This system sometimes means a brief search for a shot if I cannot remember when it was taken, but it usually does not take long. I don't spend any time tagging and indexing either. The advantage of this is that by just using a folder structure, I am not tied to any piece of software to catalog them, and it all backs up or moves easily to a new computer with a simple copy operation.
A bit of a manual method for someone like me that prides himself on being a techie. There is a logic to it that I cannot explain, however. |
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07/09/2009 10:15:18 AM · #6 |
I wait until my laptop is full, then I flush everything to a network storage device (Linksys with mirrored drives).
My plan is not to deal with the huge volume of photos, just keep adding storage. Someday I'll die, and it will leave a legacy of work and frustration for those I leave behind. My little pleasure in the netherworld. ;-)
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07/09/2009 12:19:49 PM · #7 |
| I remotely download all my photo's to Slippy's hard drive so that he has more to leave after he's dead and buried (in the backyard probably in a black trashbag in a shallow grave under the garden). |
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