Photo Storage Secrets

Creating a strong folder structure is the best way to organize your digital pictures. The formula that you choose to organize your precious memories with must be used consistently.

When someone asks you if you remember a certain event, what do you need to remember it? Do you need to remember the time of year? Or the date: day or night? While these may be helpful most of us really us three things to remember a specific event!

DATE
PLACE
A DESCRIPTION – of the specific event

This is really simple but it turns out to be very helpful when it comes to organizing your memories. Most people take pictures at special events. And it’s these events that help us remember in order to locate the pictures they have taken.

Naming your picture folders with the name that includes these three pieces of information will help you remember the event you’re looking for, and therefore you should be able to locate the pictures you want to find.

Effective folder naming:

EXAMPLE: 2008_05_01_Durango_Lucas_Birthday

Naming convention: Year_Month_Day_ Description

Folder name includes a DATE for its content. You need at least the Year and month.

Use 4 digit for year
Use 2 digit for the month
Use 2 digit for the day – this is great for daily events when on a trip or for a new baby
Use the PLACE or EVENT
Use brief 3 – 5 word DESCRIPTION

· ALL SEPARATED BY DELIMITER – underscore or dash

The most important item is to stick to this system. You always have to do this and over time it will be easy to find those priceless memories. You must also always start with the date so the computers operating system will file the folders according to the date.