First pardon me, if this has already been asked, but I didn’t find much with me searching.
I am looking for a general idea on how to handle the photos once I have taken them (a camera to storage idea). Currently once the photos have been taken, I transfer them (via copying in Windows) to my laptop drive. From there I create a folder for the different types. The folder name is the “Year subject” (2015 JH Football vs town name). I leave all the photo names the original. If I decide that I want to edit some, then I create a subfolder called “edits” and copy the ones in that I will edit. This is so I have the original and the edited one. After sometime passes I move these folders off my laptop to an external drive.
A little about my shooting. I am mainly a hobbyist and do not do any paid work or any work for anyone else. It is mostly family. My gear is this:
Laptop
External drive
Adobe Photoshop Elements
I just keep thinking that there is a better way than I am doing it now. But maybe not. I would like to hear some areas for improvements and/or suggestions.
I am looking for a general idea on how to handle the photos once I have taken them (a camera to storage idea). Currently once the photos have been taken, I transfer them (via copying in Windows) to my laptop drive. From there I create a folder for the different types. The folder name is the “Year subject” (2015 JH Football vs town name). I leave all the photo names the original. If I decide that I want to edit some, then I create a subfolder called “edits” and copy the ones in that I will edit. This is so I have the original and the edited one. After sometime passes I move these folders off my laptop to an external drive.
A little about my shooting. I am mainly a hobbyist and do not do any paid work or any work for anyone else. It is mostly family. My gear is this:
Laptop
External drive
Adobe Photoshop Elements
I just keep thinking that there is a better way than I am doing it now. But maybe not. I would like to hear some areas for improvements and/or suggestions.