Otto
Regular
- Location
- Forney, TX
I need some serious help. I would like to start clean with my new computer, Lightroom 3.5 and Elements 9, but I have a serious mess. I have somewhere around 18-20,000 photos in various folders on several hard drives, and three other computers, that I would like to consolidate on one drive, and finally eliminate the obvious rubbish. Of course I can't identify the obvious rubbish at this point since I have a hard time deleting anything. I guess I'm a digital photo hoarder and need help.
I've not loaded anything on the new computer for fear I'll just wind up in the same boat I'm in now. Many of these are family snapshots, and just "fun" photos, but many are serious photography as well. I am thinking of using Picasa for the everyday stuff, and saving Lightroom/Elements 9 for organizing the "good" stuff.
Anyone have any good links, or other resources, that might help me get my mess organized so I can find things easily, and eliminate the junk? I tried to do this a few years back, but the task seemed overwhelming at the time, and I folded. It's now worse than that. I lost about 12,000 digital photos I took between 1993 and 2001 when I had a serious hard drive meltdown. It was unfortunate, but there was a lot of commercial stuff that isn't relevant today, thank goodness.
I really need to get this done so I'm not spending so much time trying to find certain photos. I would like to spend more of my computer time in post-processing of the ones I feel are worthy. I'm not looking for a hosting service as I already have my own domain.
Any suggestions appreciated,
I've not loaded anything on the new computer for fear I'll just wind up in the same boat I'm in now. Many of these are family snapshots, and just "fun" photos, but many are serious photography as well. I am thinking of using Picasa for the everyday stuff, and saving Lightroom/Elements 9 for organizing the "good" stuff.
Anyone have any good links, or other resources, that might help me get my mess organized so I can find things easily, and eliminate the junk? I tried to do this a few years back, but the task seemed overwhelming at the time, and I folded. It's now worse than that. I lost about 12,000 digital photos I took between 1993 and 2001 when I had a serious hard drive meltdown. It was unfortunate, but there was a lot of commercial stuff that isn't relevant today, thank goodness.
I really need to get this done so I'm not spending so much time trying to find certain photos. I would like to spend more of my computer time in post-processing of the ones I feel are worthy. I'm not looking for a hosting service as I already have my own domain.
Any suggestions appreciated,