Re: Best practices for storing, archiving photos


ProudMonkeyBiz wrote:
> Can anyone suggest some best practices for storing and archiving of digital
> photographs? Specifically, I would be interested to discuss the following:
>
> > Naming conventions: Do you give a unique name (i.e. Son's Birthday
> > 001.jpg) or do you stick with the serialized filename given by the camera
> > (i.e. IMG_9637.jpg). I have personally found that giving short names,
> > like 'Ashley's Birthday.jpg' come back to bite me because next year I'll
> > likely name those photos in the same way, so I'll end up with multiple
> > file names with the same name more frequently than I would with the
> > serialized approach. Of course, the serialized approach also gives
> > non-intuitive names. What are your experiences?
> > Storing conventions: Folders by date taken, date transferred, no folders
> > at all, how do you name folders (see above)
> > Archiving frequency: How often do you backup? Do you leave files on the
> > PC as well as your backup optical or external HD (see my previous post...
> > I think this is how I ended up with thousands of duplicates).
>
> I'm getting to the point where I would like to have a standard. I could
> definitely pick one and go with it now, but I thought I would ask here since
> many of you may have already experienced the pros and cons of other ways,
> and maybe I could use your experience to better organize my files.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> DF

The "Ashley's Birthday" approach works fine, it you do something like,
"Ashley's Birthday 2005". Better yet, "2005, Ashley's Bday". Then when
you sort alphabetically, you get all the ones from the same year
together. That's how I've done recurring files for years.

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