Gemini, Google Sheets, Google Drive
Sara Loretta (@thesaraloretta) · Nov 10, 2026
Hours of manual sorting, as the poster describes it
TL;DR
What did Sara Loretta (@thesaraloretta) use Gemini for?
Instead of sorting a big photo archive by hand, an event producer asked Gemini to create a Google Sheet that organizes the pictures by who is in them, the year and the type of shot. The photo archive now lives in one sheet they can sort and filter, a job they say would have taken many hours back in 2012.
What they did
They uploaded more than 700 event photos to Google Drive and had Gemini create a Google Sheet to organize them by person, year and category. They then used a script to add all the file names to the sheet automatically.
How it went
The photo archive now lives in one sheet they can sort and filter, a job they say would have taken many hours back in 2012.
"The kids don't understand how many hours something like would have taken me in 2012."
— Sara Loretta (@thesaraloretta)
Worth knowing
- The file names were added with a separate script, so a beginner may need help with that step or can paste the names in by hand. Spot-check the sorting, since AI can mislabel people in photos.
- Price check: Google Gemini: free plan; Google AI Plus: US$4.99/month (checked Nov 8, 2026).
Try it yourself
Paste this into a chatbot, then add your own details underneath.
I have a Google Drive folder of about [number] event photos. Create a Google Sheet to organize them with columns for file name, event, year, people in the photo, category (for example stage, crowd, backstage, portrait) and notes. Tell me the easiest way to get all the file names from the folder into the sheet without typing them, and suggest filters I can use to find photos fast.
Original post
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Filed under Images & Design hacks
Sources
- Sara Loretta (@thesaraloretta) on X, Nov 10, 2026 — the original post
- Google Gemini pricing — checked Nov 8, 2026