Numbering system for a large amount of photos/files

[Chris Bishop]

Try using the alphabet to "number" folders

one digit numerically is up to 9 photos alphabetically is 26. a-z
Two digits are 99 alphabetically is 26*26 or 676             aa-zz
three digits are 999 or alphabetically 17576                 aaa-zzz
four               9999 or                  456976               aaaa-zzzz
Wow

[peterkrogh]

... and there are 10 kinds of people in the world...
those who understand Base 2 and those who don't...
Peter

[Marc Rochkind]

I'd like to quote you on this one (01, base doesn't matter), Peter... if you didn't originate this, any idea who did?

--Marc

[peterkrogh]

I saw it in someone's sig file once - I bet they didn't make it up either. I'd feel very free to use it...
Peter

[gardenphotography]

My system started from films.
I use two numbers divided with "-" like 1-?? where 1 is a film number and ?? is a frame number. I still use it with digital but first number is a session id and the frame id is following after the "-" like 453-234.JPG

The folders structure I use:
2008
   245-Garden, may
      245-001.jpg
      ...
   256-Family album
   257-Apples for library
   ...