When I got into digital photography in 2003 I soon realised I needed a 'system' to keep organised. Until last year 2005 I shot JPEG so disk space was never a problem, organising them was.
I created two folders named RAW and PROCESSED. In raw I transfer all images from CF card(s) into a subfolder named with the date they were shot. The Raw folder contains unprocessed images in both JPEG or RAW format. The processed folder contains more subfolders again named with the date. If a raw image is processed I save it to the processed folder and date subfolder. I then make a note in an A4 jotter pad with the date, new filename and notes where it was taken and about the shot such as aperature priority, RAW convertor used or sharpening method employed.
When it comes to backup I transfer by year from both RAW and processed subfolders to a portable hard disk(s) having two copies of every photo I take.
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