09-13-2012, 08:57 PM
We have about 40K photos and I've only deleted the really bad ones. The "meh" ones are still there and since all are JPEGs from the camera, they don't take up much space— maybe 150G? They're just organized chronologically by event, one event per folder, which is easy to add to, manage, search, and maintain. All in the Finder as this system predates any dedicated photo organizing software of note.
Want a particular photo? Search the event name or just go to the date and open it's folder: full screen in the Finder with resizable icon previews and you can quickly scan for the best photo for your uses.
If I use a photo for something I give it a color tag in the Finder so I can quickly come back to it later. The colored ones are the keepers and if over time I find the rest of the event photos are too substandard/never used, I'll just delete the unneeded ones.
Works for me.
Want a particular photo? Search the event name or just go to the date and open it's folder: full screen in the Finder with resizable icon previews and you can quickly scan for the best photo for your uses.
If I use a photo for something I give it a color tag in the Finder so I can quickly come back to it later. The colored ones are the keepers and if over time I find the rest of the event photos are too substandard/never used, I'll just delete the unneeded ones.
Works for me.