I have 1 folder per year and 1 folder per shoot within that. The shoot folder shows the date yyyy-mm-dd and a brief shoot description. If I have more than one shoot on the same day I will split up into separate folders.
e.g. Photos ....2007 ........ 2007-10-23 Landscapes around Mdina ........ 2007-10-23 Party at Joe's ....2008 ........ 2008-01-02 Hike at Mellieha ........ 2001-01-10 Classic Car Show etc.. If i shoot with more than one camera in a single shoot then I download into a temporary folder for each camera and run a batch rename on each set of files to add a suffix that identifies the camera. Once that is done then all are moved into the shoot folder. I then use lightroom to keyword organize etc... For scanned film I use a different methodolgy namely the year and the film no. so it goes like this 2007 .... F2007-02715-T Rome Holiday 02715 is s film number. This is a strict sequential number irrespective of film type and indicates the chronological order of when the film was processed. I used to keep written records of which lab processed it and any special instructions to the lab but I got careless and don't keep those details any more. The suffix T = Slide aka transparency C = Colour Negative, B- Black & White, IB = BW Infrared, IC= Colour Infrared The scans have the same name as the folder plus the frame number and possibly a short description of the shot. E.g 2007-02715-T-11 Spanish Steps.tif Most folders do not contain a complete roll since I don't scan everything... One day I want start scanning everything. These are also managed under lightroom Physically the films are filed in binders in film number order but in separate binders by film type. I keep an index sheet in each binder to know which films should be in the binder. As far as backups go I use ROBOCOPY which is a nifty utility that works like the XCOPY command but is smart enough to be used to sync folders.. I Back up to 2 external hard drives. I do incremental backups at least twice a week depending on the amount of work done. and a full backup monthly. I normally keep one of the backup copies off site at my parents' house. Regards Patrick On Jan 23, 2008 3:09 PM, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Back when i only had one dslr, i just made a yearly directory and > added folders as photos came along. Mostly > equine as at first, i would not use the dslr for personal use in case > i broke it and could not do the shows. > As i aquired more cameras i thought it best to keep camera > directories. Now, with six cameras, i think > its a bit over kill to have a Nikon directory then one for D200, D1H > etc and the same with Pentax directory then istD and K10D. > > Its starting to get confusing as far as back ups, and have i done this > one etc. I keep a paper record of whats done, but i just think > its a bit over kill to do this. > Probably just start a main directory for dslr photos with may be an id > letter for camera used. > > Am i the only one keeping records like this. > > I'm assuming so.:-) > > Dave > > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > Ontario Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Regards Patrick Genovese -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
