If you’re trying to develop your photography skills in 2011, then a 365-day project — a daily photograph around a given theme or style — can be a good way to do it. Lifehacker reader Daniel advises that while it can help to have a focus, you don’t need to be standing on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge to get a great photo. More »
Windows/Mac/Linux (Adobe AIR): Free Adobe AIR application Bulkr downloads all the photos from a user’s Flickr stream, a search result or even backs up your own Flickr photos using the highest quality version available. More »
We’ve featured one way to view the Exif data of any photo in your browser, but if you don’t have Firefox, free web service FindExif will extract it from any photo URL and put it into an easy-to-understand format. More »
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If you’ve longed to organise your pictures as though sliding and grouping them on a desk, Viewer2 is a novel take on picture organisation that feels more like real-world sorting and shuffling and less like computer-based cataloguing. More »
You’ve taken digital pictures for years across multiple systems and camera upgrades, and now your collection is a mess. These free tools and techniques will fix your photos’ metadata, weed out duplicates, reorganise folders and otherwise whip your digital photos into shape. More »
Windows only: Adebis Photo Sorter digs through all of your messy photos from aeons ago, sorting them by date, groups and type. Because sorting through 16GB worth of photos is everybody’s idea of fun. More »
If you want to make a slideshow of photos and music but you don’t have the know-how or time to use an advanced video editor, Flixtime is a web-based solution that will have you cranking out slideshows in minutes. More »
If you like taking and sharing panoramic photos — or just enjoy checking out the impressive results others have gotten — GigaPan indexes high resolution, panoramic photos. More »
Scottish photojournalist Harry Benson, who’s captured some amazing frames of The Beatles, world leaders and world events, gives the New York Times his best tip for shooting at night or in low natural light. More »
