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Photo Management from a User's POV (What Do users do with photos ?,…
Photo Management
from a User's POV
Why?
Do Users take photos?
Behaviour Related
To record a moment - an event or a trip that the user enjoyed & wants to remember.
For personal amusement & to kill boredom
To share with friends and family
A
Me too
- Everyone takes photos, especilly with the proliferation of the selfie phenomenon & a culture of buying DLSR's and phones with a good camera on the rise.
Selfies taken as a means of personal expression & to assess self image.
For establishing a connection with other photo enthuiasts
Function Related
For hobbies & personal fulfilment - Travel, Archtecture, Portrait photography
Screenshots taken for recording a piece of information
Work or profession related - for reference needs for use in projects
As a means of communication - Pictures usually work better than text.
For purpose of social media - As a display picture or for sharing a moment on social network.
What
Do users
do with photos ?
Use it as a display picture
Share a moment with family & friends
Referencing for
professional needs. e.g. Designers take photos as inspiration for work
Edit & Process for portfolio - offline (for an exhibit) or online (Like Flickr or 500px)
Send it to a friend via instant messaging to communicate something
Build up social media profile - FB or Instagram. Your social circle will always look at your photos to understand you as a person.
How
Do User
Manage Photos?
Transfer from capture device to desktop for backup, better viewing, management & viewing with a desktop app.
Using Cloud based web/desktop apps to sync, backup & manage photos for 24x7 access & eliminate worry of data loss
Regular clean ups or delete photos in one shot if unable to manage.
What
Are the problems
faced in
managing photos?
Several duplicate pictures that look the same.
Too many high res photos kill disc space
Too much time spent in going through photos to find the one you want to use.
Few options to add custom tags to photos for a more personalised organization.
Too many folders and sub-folders created to sort photos leading to deep info hierarchies.
The older a photo gets the harder it is to find with user being unable to place date or event when it was taken.
Why
Do Users
need to
manage photos?
To find desired photos quicker for instant sharing on social media or for other uses.
For better organization & cataloguing
To remove duplicates or junk photos
To clear clutter and save disc space : With better and cheaper cameras we are taking more photos than ever.
For peace of mind!
What
are our Insights?
Users barely use Image name to identify or find pictures.
User psychology helps us know that users mentally map photos with the moment or purpose for which it was taken.
Users end up with a lot of photos which need to be managed efficiently for quicker use & consumption.
Usage of web & mobile interfaces which are principled on simplification & progressive disclosure causes users to expect desktop interfaces to be simpler.
Too many photos in tile views & folders are intimidating since users wonder whether they will ever be able to find desired photo
Since the starting point for a user needing a photo may greatly vary - A wholesome solution should work well for casual browsing, discovery as well as in-depth search