Comments on: Photo Library Confessions: A Peek Behind the Organization Curtain

By: Jennifer Wilson

Jennifer Wilson — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:31:07 +0000

In reply to Tinka. You'll have access to this session of Photo Crush through the end of March! The process sounds like just what you need to get things in even-better order one step at a time.

By: Tinka

Tinka — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 05:16:22 +0000

I’m getting ready to purchase a new laptop…leaning very heavily to a MacBook…before my current one totally crashes. With the exception of recent iCloud photos, most of the pictures I’ve uploaded are also backed up on an external drive. And I should do another backup just to capture any others I’ve added since that last backup. I do have a few SD cards that I need to upload and I found a couple rolls of film when do a small sort through of my craft room that need to be developed. Quite a few years ago (when I was still using film), I did go through all my photos and sorted them all by year and then separated those by event or date, and then filed them in photo boxes labeled with the year. But I have several hundreds (if not thousands) more prints that need to be sorted and labeled. The photos on my computer were automatically filed into folders with the date the pictures were taken and then I have several folders with specific event names. So finding photos on my computer isn’t that difficult because I typically remember pretty well when the picture was taken. I need to create a central physical location for storing all the prints, set up a routine for printing out pictures and putting them on all those layouts waiting for photos, and get in the habit of 1) uploading from my camera and 2) editing…which is something I very rarely do.

I was really looking forward to this workshop this week but have been tasked with helping my sister prepare for my brother-in-law’s surprise 50th birthday party on Saturday….MORE pictures!! LOL!!

By: Angie

Angie — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:02:50 +0000

Too many sources for pictures is my problem! My primary source for pics to scrapbook is my DSLR and the many thousands of photos are very organized by original file name which is equivalent to chronological. I started adding clues to the folder names so I would know where in time the folders range. I am usually able to find what I am looking for without too much trouble. However, when I want to gather all pics from an event I am finding that increasingly difficult. My husband has several different types of cameras and then we have our phones which do have a lot of good pics too. I end up searching through our multiple drives and servers to pull it all together.

By: Tanya N.

Tanya N. — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 03:30:47 +0000

I’m really bad about keeping an uploading schedule across all devices. I wish I could be more disciplined in this because when I go to do it, everything becomes overwhelming. I am SO looking forward to Photo Crush!

By: Terri T.

Terri T. — Sat, 13 Feb 2016 15:06:22 +0000

My tags are in a similar state but I’m coming to a point where I’m ok with that. Overall my photo catalog works pretty well for me. My biggest issue is the hard copy photos. I have some in LOM chronology albums and some in a big box that used to be my LOM category drawers. But I really shouldn’t have any printed photos at all. Whenever I use a photo I always scan it first and then throw away the original because I rarely use it in the original size (or without edits). In the grand scheme of things there’s really not that many photos but they’re definitely taking up too much space.

By: BrendaGail

BrendaGail — Sat, 13 Feb 2016 00:27:06 +0000

In reply to Phyllis. I too can relate to this. I so enjoy Jennifer's blog post and save everything that is in the classes for a later date so that i can take my time to read and really get the information inside my head. I always try a project at a later time but i never find the time to share with other members.

By: Francine

Francine — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 23:07:49 +0000

I don’t always tag my photos when I download them. But Lightroom puts them in date folders – so if I can remember when the occasion was, I can usually find the photos. That for me is a plus.
When it comes time to scrap those photos, I use Lightroom’s ability to export copies of my photos. I export the photos I want to use into a folder especially for the album and relax because they are exported as copies. That way they remain in the files yet I can put them in my digi pages.

By: Kelly Jean

Kelly Jean — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:43:20 +0000

Jennifer, it’s so nice to hear some confessions from you so we know we are not the only ones. My confession: I have no photo plan! I have photo CDs, printed photos, photos on my laptop, photos in my Google Plus account, and Picasa, and Facebook, and Instagram, and a whole lot of other places. I really would like to (eventually of course) have three to five places that my photos are. That seems like a dream!

By: HelenH

HelenH — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:49:08 +0000

My digital-camera-era library is in good shape (I only have one camera. Photos I import don’t need editing thanks to auto-mode).

But like Kay, my photo library has expanded to include scans of old photos, which don’t have a logical folder organization. And now the library includes documents, since it’s so easy to scan or screen capture images from the internet.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 03:23:10 +0000

In reply to Claret.

“I do understand that the ones that I have tagged might be identified when I start back with Lightroom again.”

If you were writing the metadata to the photos (I’m not sure if that’s automatic in Lightroom, but I think it is), then yes, all your tags will come back when you reopen. They would come back in any program that reads metadata.