Photography Thailand Forum

[SimonP]

Now that my old computer has died and I have a brand spanking new laptop I was thinking it was a good time to start being more organised with the way I work and store my photos. 

Are there any any special programs that Forum members would recommend I use for organising my images?  Ones that would for example allow me to find specific pictures stored on my back-up hard disks and laptop easily?

cheers,
Simon.

[bjorn slis]

Simon,
I think Iview media pro would be a good choice, I've been using that a long time and it works fine. It handles large amounts of files with no problems, something that a lot of other software has problems with.

[David Salmanowitz]

Simon--
I have been using Adobe Lightroom to do most of the processing on images, and it is a database as well.

[Gus]

I too have found Adobe Lightroom good.  Scott Kelby has an excellent book that will provide you with the knowledge to use it to its potential as well.

[SimonP]

Thanks Bjorn, David and Gus.  After having talked to a few people I think I'm going to get myself a copy of Lightroom.  Where would I find a copy of the Scott Kelby book?

[David Salmanowitz]

Check out Martin Evening's book as well.  I had bought mine from Amazon and got it when I was back in the USA, not sure where you would find it in BKK. Have seen some similar type books (not Lightroom if I recall) at Kinokuniya, but as with most all their English language import books $$$. Also there are some videos available from luminous-landscape.com.

[Gus]

Like David I bought mine from Amazon.com.  I find them fast and effecient to deal with and never had a problem with them.

[shutterboy]

yup, I also bought mine from Amazon.com.  I find them fast and effecient to deal with and never had a problem with them.

[tory_felicia]

There is a free one which is made by Google....  the software is called Picasa.  Its FREE...

[Brahma]

I second the Picasa suggestion. It's not as robust as Lightroom for editing, but more intuitive / fast for organizing.