Then, at 308, the photographic capture setting program 110A, 110B provides preferences to the user via manual notification or automatic modification to the viewfinder. Should the photographic capture setting program 110A, 110B determine that modifications to the photographic capture device parameters are needed based on the stored user preferences, the photographic capture setting program 110A, 110B may display a notification to the user on a graphical user interface of the photographic capture device indicating the parameters the user may desire to modify based on historical user settings for photographs captured under similar viewfinder situations. In at least one alternate embodiment, the photographic capture setting program 110A, 110B may automatically adjust the parameters of the photographic capture device based on the user settings associated with the identified tags in order to expedite the photographic capture process for the user. For example, the photographic capture setting program 110A, 110B may automatically determine that when taking similar photographs the user's image preference is to focus in on a specific subject and may, therefore, zoom in and auto-focus on the subject matter.