1. A digital camera for capturing digital images and organizing the captured images for subsequent transfer from the digital camera to an external device that utilizes the digital images, comprising: (a) means for providing a database having a plurality of customized profiles, wherein each customized profile contains a plurality of image utilization fields; (b) means for selecting one of the plurality of customized profiles from the database; (c) means for defining a plurality of profile indices respectively corresponding to ones of the plurality of customized profiles; (d) an image sensor for capturing images; (e) means for associating a profile index with at least one captured image to identify the corresponding selected customized profile; and (f) storage means for receiving and storing the at least one captured image and the corresponding profile index.