Optimum Sound & Vision

With the holiday season coming to an end, here are a few tips for managing your pictures:

• I recently took about 200 pictures, only to discover later that my camera was set to the wrong year. When I uploaded the pics to a photo-sharing site, it put all of them in the 2017 year section, instead of 2025.

Thankfully, I was able to use Bulk Rename Utility to fix the issue. The Windows software application can modify the metadata and filenames of other file types in bulk. It has a learning curve, but it's also free.

• I also learned that there's a difference between the "Date Created" and "Date Taken" metadata in image files.

• My workflow used to be to transfer all photos from a camera roll to a computer and then review and delete pictures as needed on the computer. But I realized it's more efficient to review the original camera roll and delete the images there, rather than on the computer, so I don't end up with a bunch of bad pics taking up space on a memory card, etc.

• Use a big screen TV to review and delete pictures because it's easier to miss flaws and issues on a small phone screen and computer monitor.

• TVs today and streaming media players typically come with screen mirroring capabilities. On a Windows computer, press Windows + K to project to a device on a Wi-Fi network. For macOS and iOS, there's AirPlay.

-Ted