12 Organizing Photos

If I was flipping through this book in a bookstore, this is the chapter I would pay most attention to. (Hello there!)

I’d want to know what a photo organizing expert has to say about organizing photos. Back in chapter 6, you learned how to organize your digital photos chronologically. And in chapter 10, you learned how to add scanned photos to your archive. Now it’s time to combine that date-based file structure with industry-standard metadata that makes your photos instantly searchable and easily shareable.

What Is Metadata?

Many people have old printed photos with handwritten notes on the back that record the date, people, location, event, and photographer behind the image. Metadata is the digital equivalent of those ...

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