My Camera Stories

My photos and the stories behind them

Category: curating

  • ACDSee Keywords and Categories

    ACDSee users have a problem. They have two different options for keywords, and another option for categories. Which one is best? The answer of course is that all three options are correct in different circumstances, and it’s important to understand their various strengths and weaknesses before you start using them. So here’s my suggestion for…

  • Transform an old Android tablet into a digital photo frame

    In an earlier post, I talked about the importance of curating your photos – not just managing them. When you curate your photos, you bring them to life. Instead of sitting in a Digital Asset Manager, or dying in a social media post that no-one looks at after the first 24 hours, in a digital…

  • How do you curate your photos?

    How do you manage your photos? You do manage your photos, right? Whether you use Digikam, Lightroom, ACDSee or even Windows Explorer, you have a system? Maybe you organise your photos by date. One folder per month, or one folder per photoshoot. Maybe you completely ignore folders, relying on your DAM to keep them in…

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