Image+Organizing

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Organizing images has become a lot harder than an annual photo album that sits on the shelf.

In a classroom we now have 30 to 60 devices that have cameras built into them. These devices might live in the class or be shared with the school. Now we complicate that students may bring another device with a camera.

My personal photo library has over 15000 images from the last 10 years. I have even culled numerous images that I don't like, are out of focus, or don't have any meaning for me anymore.

In addition to the challenge of the number of images, we also have cameras that now store images in a RAW format and a JPG format. RAW is very high quality with all the RAW data. The JPG is a compressed file that looks good and prints fine in 4x6 format. If you want to print a poster or zoom in, then you want the RAW file instead.

I used to use iPhoto, but now I need Aperture to manage my photos.

More on this I as think more about the 'right' solution.