random favorites & organizing photos

Just thought I’d share some random favorites from the last month.

I’m in the process of pulling together an art album and since I went through the exercise of finding the pictures, I thought I’d share some with you, my lovely blog readers.

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I’ve come to the conclusion that I really need to do a better job organizing my personal pictures. I have a pretty decent system that is date-based but since I shoot so many pictures I’m starting to lose track and my system is falling short when it comes to family pictures. I have both ACDSee and Lightroom and have started cataloging but the sheer number of pictures is just so overwhelming that I haven’t begun to crack the surface yet. Does anyone have a good system they recommend? I’d love to hear about it.

On a related note, I read a good article on Epic Edits a few months ago regarding this.

Organizing Images (part I)

Organizing Images (part II)

Organizing Images (part III)

For those of you that may be unfamiliar with Epic Edits, it is a wonderful resource for photographers and is highly recommended. Brian Auer, the author, shares good photography related information which I’m sure more than a few of you would find worthwhile.

The following article titled “28 ways to interpret a photo” was the first post of his that I stumbled across and it was so interesting that I was hooked to his blog from that point on. The article discusses the dramatic impact cropping and post processing the same picture can make, and how it will change the look and feel of a picture drastically. It’s pretty amazing, really. Have a look:

28 ways to interpret a photo

Have a good one!