Originally posted by ChristianRock I create folders and put my pictures in them. I guess I am my image organization software
Yup, me too. The folders are dated and location/subject in filename. I then drop the folders into subject folders, eg holidays, landscapes, portraits, business, etc. The folder name eg "20200101 Derwent Water" is sufficient for me to recall the day and if it isn't a peek inside certainly is. Worked for years with no problems.
I suppose I could tag individual photos in a database so that I could locate all the "cow", "red hat", "sunset" photos, for instance, but I've never felt the need, nor would I ever keep it up - life's too short. I can't even find myself calibrating my monitor regularly - I've just noticed it's 114 days overdue
So fat chance with tagging...