A database is easier.
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Tanya Mayer Photography wrote:
do you guys set up separate areas for different types of jobs? eg a "baby portrait" cabinet, a "wedding" cabinet etc. I am trying to think of the best way to be able to remember where to look for each file.
I know that the suggestion has been made to use a database etc, and to file with a number system, but to be honest I am SO not a numbers type of person (as I am sure you have all guessed), and I think I would benefit more from actually sectioning off different spaces for different types of jobs. Just wondering if anyone else has worked this way and it it worked for them?
tan.
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-----Original Message----- From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
As long as you are doing "people" photography filing by cutomer name is OK. In commercial work the files get too big, so it is better to file by job-number and keep a database that cross references customers to their jobs.
Just to clarify, I file by job, not client. Usually it's one job per client, but I do get return business and each shoot gets a bag.
tv
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