Overwhelmed with photos

[IvonaDestroi]

One of my hobbies is photography, and I have literally thousands of digital photos! Once you've got a giant messy unorganized mass it can be quite the hassle to get them all organized. But once it's done, it's done, and as soon as you get a new batch of pictures you just put them into their place and they're easy to find.

I just use folders and sub folders. I have a pictures folder on my desktop. In there I have different categories, friends, family, shows, protests, vacations, etc...

in each folder I add sub folders, so inside vacations for example you'd find europe07, hawaii08, etc...

I don't bother to rename. As long as their in they're own folder they're super easy to find.

Maybe if you're feeling nostalgic on a rainy day you can go through a few of 'em and start to organize.

If you want to buy a program, ACDSee is great for photo editing/organizing. They have a photo manager for $50. I use ACDSee Pro to edit, which includes that, and it looks pretty easy to use.