How do you organize your photos?

[astroNikon]

About how I organize my life. And it's about as successful :/

Purchase a 8 feet by 4 feet expandable file folder.
Put your bed in it
Then you'll be going to bed and getting up everyday nicely organized.

 

[Scatterbrained]

Every new drive is by year. Other than that I don't date my folders in my catalog as I can't even tell you what day it is today, much less what day it was when I shot a particular subject. In my regular catalog I'm pretty unorganized. I import images to their own labeled folders, but I don't break it down further via subject or anything. I do use smart collections for certain subjects though. I also use color labels for different purposes too. For example, red images are for photo merges/composites, green are finished and ready to print or publish, blue are finished images for print that won't go to the web, etc. Ultimately, it works for me, barely, but if I was working as a full time 'tog I'd probably take better care to be more organized.
As has been mentioned, the DAM Book is a good place to start in figuring out how to manage your files. Especially if it's for work, rather than just a hobby.

 

[table1349]

About how I organize my life. And it's about as successful :/

Purchase a 8 feet by 4 feet expandable file folder.
Put your bed in it
Then you'll be going to bed and getting up everyday nicely organized.

Or you could just adopt good habits like Wallace and get a dog name Gromit.