From: John Navas on
On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:29:54 -0500, in
<i0dokh$u3a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, DaveS <mnandds(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>On 6/29/2010 10:39 AM, John Navas wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:00:38 +1000, in
>> <sKidnY1zq6S-B7TRnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au>, "Peter Jason"
>> <pj(a)jostle.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have about 2000 scanned family photos to tag into a
>>> database. Eventually I want to select photos on, place,
>>> names, and dates.
>>
>> I just sort mine into a hierarchy of aptly named folders.
>
>So if I understand correctly, if you took a photo of three of your
>friends - Larry, Moe, and Curly, how would you file this photo?
>
>I can only assume you would have to have a folder named "Larry Moe Curly".
>
>So then how would you find all photos containing Larry, for example?

My folders are organized by event in date order, with tagging in the
folder name. So for a picnic with "Larry Moe Curly", the folder name
might be "2010-01-01 Picnic with Stooges Larry Moe Curly"
When appropriate, I may also put the subject in the file name.

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Best regards,
John

Buying a dSLR doesn't make you a photographer,
it makes you a dSLR owner.
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From: Chris Malcolm on
Peter Jason <pj(a)jostle.com> wrote:
> I have about 2000 scanned family photos to tag into a
> database. Eventually I want to select photos on, place,
> names, and dates.

Picasa, free from Google, will do that (plus edit your photos if you
want).

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Chris Malcolm
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From: John Navas on
On 29 Jun 2010 22:28:51 GMT, in <88vad3F5cvU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Chris
Malcolm <cam(a)holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

>Peter Jason <pj(a)jostle.com> wrote:
>> I have about 2000 scanned family photos to tag into a
>> database. Eventually I want to select photos on, place,
>> names, and dates.
>
>Picasa, free from Google, will do that (plus edit your photos if you
>want).

True, but it has so many gotchas that I don't recommend it.

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Best regards,
John

Buying a dSLR doesn't make you a photographer,
it makes you a dSLR owner.
"The single most important component of a camera
is the twelve inches behind it." -Ansel Adams
From: DaveS on
On 6/29/2010 4:57 PM, John Navas wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:29:54 -0500, in
> <i0dokh$u3a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, DaveS<mnandds(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 6/29/2010 10:39 AM, John Navas wrote:
>>> On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:00:38 +1000, in
>>> <sKidnY1zq6S-B7TRnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au>, "Peter Jason"
>>> <pj(a)jostle.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have about 2000 scanned family photos to tag into a
>>>> database. Eventually I want to select photos on, place,
>>>> names, and dates.
>>>
>>> I just sort mine into a hierarchy of aptly named folders.
>>
>> So if I understand correctly, if you took a photo of three of your
>> friends - Larry, Moe, and Curly, how would you file this photo?
>>
>> I can only assume you would have to have a folder named "Larry Moe Curly".
>>
>> So then how would you find all photos containing Larry, for example?
>
> My folders are organized by event in date order, with tagging in the
> folder name. So for a picnic with "Larry Moe Curly", the folder name
> might be "2010-01-01 Picnic with Stooges Larry Moe Curly"
> When appropriate, I may also put the subject in the file name.
>

Can't really tell yet if you're purposely avoiding my point, so I'll add
another photo to the collection. This one has Larry, who turns out to be
your grand-daughter's godfather, playing tea-party with the
grand-daughter. I suppose this folder is called "2010-06-11 Tea party
Jessica Larry". What tool do you use to search for all pictures of
Larry, when you need a good one for his obituary?

Dave S.

From: John Navas on
On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:09:37 -0500, in
<i0e910$1t1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, DaveS <mnandds(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>On 6/29/2010 4:57 PM, John Navas wrote:

>> My folders are organized by event in date order, with tagging in the
>> folder name. So for a picnic with "Larry Moe Curly", the folder name
>> might be "2010-01-01 Picnic with Stooges Larry Moe Curly"
>> When appropriate, I may also put the subject in the file name.
>
>Can't really tell yet if you're purposely avoiding my point, so I'll add
>another photo to the collection. This one has Larry, who turns out to be
>your grand-daughter's godfather, playing tea-party with the
>grand-daughter. I suppose this folder is called "2010-06-11 Tea party
>Jessica Larry". What tool do you use to search for all pictures of
>Larry, when you need a good one for his obituary?

Windows 7 Search.

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Best regards,
John

"I would like to take you seriously,
but to do so would affront your intelligence."
[William F. Buckley, Jr]
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