Digital Photography -
Managing and Organizing Digital Photographs

 

"There are two categories of computer users:
those that have lost data, and those that will lose data."
The Digital Shoe box

• Just taking the picture is only the first step.
• Being able to organize your photographs so you can find them when you need them is essential.
• Use a tool  so that you can see your photos in one central place and easily organize them by subject, people, date, etc.
• Consider your entire work flow; from taking the picture through final print or other use.
• Stick to it!

Downloading / Viewing Your Images

• Direct Camera to Computer
  • USB
  • Fire Wire
• Media/Card Reader
  • SanDisk Readers, Writers and Adapters
• SanDisk Photo Album

Organizing Images

• Organized around your needs and uses
• Folders and sub folders
  • Naming Convention
    • Filenames as a Strategy to Managing Your Image Assets
    • Recommendations for Limitations on Image File naming
  • File Format
  • Duplication
• Timeline and calendar
• Keywords and tags
  • metadata
  • Caption and Key wording Guidelines

Tools

• Picasa   [From Google]
  • Google Groups: Picasa   [Free]
• Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0    [$50]
• Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0   [Free]
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 4    [$150]  (trial download: 364.4MB)
  • Create With your Photos
• Adobe Photoshop CS2   [$650]
• StudioLine Photo Basic  [Free]
• ACD Systems
  • ACDSee Pro Photo Manager   [$50]
• Paint Shop Family
  • Paint Shop Pro X  [$99]

Digital Darkroom

• Exposure
• Color
• Cropping
• Sharpness
• Filter Effects

Archiving Images

• Just keep filling up camera media and buying more
• Floppy disks 1.44 megabyte per disk
• 100 megabyte Zip drive
• USB flash drives
• Recordable CD's    700 megabytes.
• DVD's      4.7 gigabytes
  • dual layer DVD's  8.4 gigabytes [ $10 / slow burn times]
• Hard Drive
  • External Drive / External Drive Enclosure
  • File Server
• Internet Photo Storage
  • Yahoo Photos
  • Fotolog.com
    • titus's photographic memory...
  • Camera Phone Moblog Community | Textamerica.com
    • Photography by David J. Hark
  • Ofoto: Kodak's Online Photo Service
  • dotPhoto
  • Flickr
    • Sam's Digital Shoe Box's photos      
    • Flickr: Photos from dhark
    • Thortable on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Using Images

• FilmLoop is a free photocasting network.
• Email a photo
• Web Photo Gallery   [Sunday Morning. June 6th, 2005, Keedysville, MD]
• Copying Family Photos 
• PhotoStamps
• PaintedSnapshot.com    Examples
• TreasureKnit Photo Blankets
• Photo Cake, Pictures on Cakes, Photos on Cakes
  1. Icing Images
  2. PhotoFrost Manufacturing   [photo cake Icing Sheets, edible ink cartridges, frosting sheets]
  3. Tasty FotoArt    [Edible Ink, Edible Paper, and Edible Photo Toppers]
  4. Stew Leonard's Photo Cakes
• Cafepress.com
  • David J. Hark Photography : CafePress.com
•  Digital Cameras and Genealogy
• Digital Scrapbooking
• Photo Books
  • Mini Photo Books
• Photo Greeting Cards
• Custom-Printed Cards
• Collage Stickers
• Mugs and Travel Mugs
• Computer Screen Saver
• Frames
• Photo Canvas Prints
• Deluxe Tote Bag
• Puzzle
• Chocolate Photos     [photos with chocolate box]
• Playing Cards
• Coasters
• Prints and Posters
• Albums
• Mouse pad
• Apron
• Shirt
• Calendars
• Archive CD

   

David's Digital Photography page

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David J. Hark
HARK/INTERNET-HELP, Inc.
P. O. Box 201 Shepherdstown, WV 25443-0201
304-876-2607
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Last updated: 9 October 2006