What software should I use to organize my photo?

What software should I use to organize my photo?

Mark Comon (Vice President, Paul's Photo, Torrance, CA) gives expert video advice on: What software should I use to organize my photo?; What computer programs can I use to edit my photos?; What options do I have for printing my photos at home? and more...

Well, it all depends on whether you're Windows or Mac. If you're a Mac person, your Mac probably came with iPhoto and that's a good place to start. If you want to do a better job downloading, I would do the Adobe Lightroom programme. It's an amazing programme with a lot of power. If you're a Windows person, you can use Windows Explorer to download, but I think you're better off using a more powerful programme like ACDC or BreezeBrowser that are dedicated downloading programmes that allow you to file, sort, categorize, and all those kinds of options. The Adobe Lightroom programme is an amazing program and what I like about it is it works for Windows or for Mac. You can share it on two different machines and, with any part of the computer the hardest part is learning software. So, if you've gotta learn software, learn one that you can take from camera to camera and from computer to computer. I never recommend using the Canon or Nikon or Olympus or whoever's software to download because every time you change cameras you need to change software. To me is a lot of wasted time in learning software that I know I am going to change shortly.