There are plenty of photography programs for sale. But I wouldn’t spend money on them. Lots of great tools are free. These will help you manage and edit your photos like a pro.

PhotoFilmStrip – Slide shows have been around since, well, photos came on slides. They’re still a great way to share photos. And constructing them is easier than ever. This program produces high-quality slide shows.

Pictomio – This is an attractive tool for organizing and viewing photos. You can create photo albums without moving or copying files. And its geotagging features are really well done. You can plot entire trips using photos and Google Maps.

Google Picasa – Taking and editing photos is fun. Keeping them organized is not. And digging through folder after folder looking for photos is the worst. Google Picasa makes organizing them easy. You’ll never lose your photos again.