Consistency in naming…
Kordelia: 2000 photos per drawer… Maybe we don’t need to keep the shaky blurry ones. What’s the best way to organize a digital collection?
Kentaro: It’s a big job. Probably huge. There are many ways. Here’s one example: Sort albums into years and months. Then into groups: “A” keep, “B” not sure, “C” throw (eg shaky, blurry). Be a bit ruthless. Start with “A” group: date, who is who, location. Scan photo (300 dpi or better) sharpen and tweak colors if necessary. Name file with a consistent format and version: for example, “220327 Olivia Opera 01.” Store in non-lossy file format, like PNG on external SSD hard drives for portability.
Kordelia: It would be faster to just scan everything; it seems like a good opportunity to declutter.
Kentaro: Using a fast scanner, scan several on one page. Best if you can employ a student, or use a commercial outfit. Dates have to be done manually I guess, but not necessarily for each pic. Group them. Face recognition, you could use software, and tag later. batch processing where possible.
Kordelia: Luckily, my mother was well organised so all the albums are in chronological order labelled with the year followed by a unique identifier.
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There are scanners just for this. Ones where you can just load 36 photos into it. Like the Epson FF-680W.
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