Photographer · illustrator · family archivist
She wants useful help without surrendering the archive.
Some files still carry camera facts and embedded authorship metadata. Some contain private location information. Some need thumbnails or derivatives. Some need better human labels. None of those needs should require rewriting the original file just to make the collection usable.
“Keep my client work and family photos organized, searchable, private, and backed up. I want local AI help, but I do not want my private images sent somewhere just to understand what is in them.”