Travis, Your file software should be able to organize them chronologically on demand as it is part of the metadata tag. It can also order them alphabetically on demand. Is there a reason to place them in separate folders? The reason I ask is then it takes more specialized software to search many folders although 'ctrl f' can work depending on your system. Tim -----Original Message----- From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Travis O Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 2:54 PM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [pbs] Flower photography organization Hello! I take a lot of pictures of plants. Way too many. I have been organizing them in folders chronologically (~weekly), but the problem appears to be that it is hard to find a picture of a specific species. Would it be best to organize by Genus: Species: Date? In other words, photos of a single species arranged chronologically in a species folder in a genus folder, you get me? Hoe do others organize their photos? And then to backup the pics, hardware (cds/zip drives) or a cloud? Thanks! I've got to get them sorted before there's too much to sort! Travis Owen Rogue River, OR amateuranthecologist.blogspot.com