{"id":10868,"date":"2019-09-29T08:26:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T08:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10868"},"modified":"2019-09-29T08:26:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T08:26:23","slug":"how-to-organise-your-photos-like-a-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-organise-your-photos-like-a-pro\/%20","title":{"rendered":"How to organise your photos like a pro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finding old photos can be a pain &#8211; if someone asks if you&#8217;ve got photos of Liverpool (or something like that) in future, how quickly could you locate them in your file system? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or if you&#8217;re looking to create a print of Ingleborough, could you find all your photos of the hill and quickly make a decision on which to use?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well if you&#8217;re ever in this situation, this video may 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