


If the pictures are from multiple dates, it will automatically create multiple date folders for them, according to the dates they were taken. Mine go into my “Pictures” folder, then Picasa creates a folder with the date for me.

I load my photos directly from my camera to my laptop computer via the USB port. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to ask in the comments and I’ll do my best to add the answers in this “ultimate guide”.

So here’s my updated mega tutorial including all the steps I take from loading my photos to my computer to exporting them ready for my blog posts. On a whim, I went to look at the tutorials the next day and was dismayed to find that many of the images had disappeared in the shuffle from Blogger to WordPress and that some of the info was now out of date. Recently I was talking to a friend about how I edit my photos and suggested they look at the tutorials I wrote a couple of years back about Picasa. There still seem to be some links around to other sources though so I will leave it to you to look for it online. If you don’t have it yet, the official Google page says you can’t get it anymore. As a result, if you have the free download already, these tutorials will help you use it as I do. Picasa is a Google product and recently they moved away from supporting it to developing Google Photos instead. I’ve looked at other options – paid and free – but each time I come back to the one I am familiar with. It started out as my choice because it was free (let’s face it – new bloggers have no spare cash or fancy software!) but it has continued to be my choice because it does what I need it to and it is easy to use. For a number of years now Picasa has been my photo editing software of choice.
