Organizing Photography Files

As we make more and more pictures, it will become more difficult to organize or to locate a certain picture. One way is to add a tag via Lightroom, but I have not tried it because I realized that I should keep the files as original as possible. So, I made my own way of organizing files. It may not work for everyone but at the moment, it works for me. If you have any suggestion, kindly comment below.

I arranged my pictures by genres>sub-genres>date taken>keywords. Below are screenshots of how I do it.

with keywords after the date

I also suggest that you make a  separate folder to track your submissions which may include rules and updates (Win, Lost, Exhibited, and a note regarding other details). This will come handy when later you will find a good outlet for submission and you wanted to know which of your pictures had been submitted elsewhere before.

Traditional Medicine Vendor

This man was selling what he claimed as herbal medicine. He was showing a tree root drenched in thick liquid. This liquid was the one inside those small bottles.

I have seen vendors like him in the streets of Iloilo City since I was a child. I am not sure whether it was him or his relative, but their mode selling is just the same. They claim that the liquid can heal snake bites, insect bites, and other wounds.

Photowalk (January 13, 2013)

Last January 13, 2013, I and some friends went for a photowalk from Atrium Mall to Fort San Pedro.

Here are some of the pictures from that day: