Finding the photograph from last August
Get to any month of any year in about four presses, without scrolling for ten minutes.
Almost nobody remembers the date a photograph was taken. Almost everybody remembers something that had a date attached to it.
Key points
- Turn a vague memory into a month, using something else that had a date
- Stand back to Years and walk down to the exact day in four presses
- Type a month and a year into Search and go straight there
- Stop scrolling, which was never going to work on eight years of pictures
What to remember
- Press the word Years at the top, then walk down. Two moves, and you are anywhere in your library.
- Two half-remembered facts are usually enough to land within one month. That is close enough.
- The search box understands dates as well as things. August 2022 is a perfectly good thing to type into it.
Try this
Think of one photograph you would like to see again, work out roughly which month it was, and go and find it. Give yourself two minutes. Most people get there in well under one.
Practice: Finding the photograph from last August. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.