File Renaming Utility

Not sure where this post belongs - for now it's here.
I'm looking for a utility that will simply 'preview' a folder of photos, and give me a quick interface to rename each. In the end, in a finder window, I'll see the name without needing the thumbnail to guess with.
I would do this in the finder but the thumbnail previews are too small for my purposes, some photos may look identical but to me there will be a major difference and I need to be able to accurately find these.
thank you.

PrOdigy ... William,
Thank you for replying. I think someone needs to take a big stick and beat it in to my head that my needs = tedium, to some degree.
If I went through some backup DVDs I am certain I would find 'A Better Finder Rename'. Unless I'm missing something it doesn't quite do what I need.
Using the Get Info routine is as simple as i think it can get.
Here's a scenario. I'm a remodeling contractor. I'm a photo enthusiast (not quite a hobbyist). I'll download (from camera) two weeks worth of photos, say a 100. The subject matter range could be (for instance):
Kids
Pets
Customer Jobs
Nature
Artistic
Friends
Vacation
So first of all I need all the P1000135.JPGs (etc) roughly sorted to subject matter (wondering if keywords may speed this along). Then when they are foldered by subject I import the folder to 'x' and extend the naming convention to detail it a bit. This step changes P1000135.jpg to kids.01.jpg.
Say there are three kids photos, and I import the Kids folder renaming each to kids.#1.jpg (with sequential numbers). Then again to get kids.dana.1.jpg, kids.jacob.2.jpg, kids.yourkid.3.jpg. Get Info is probably as good as it gets for this step.
Essentially my work flow is:
- download from camera;
- drag and drop to sort subjects;
- import subject folders to 'x' to change generic (P100013...) to kids.01.jpg;
- then in Get Info change again to kids.dana.01.jpg.
Here's some uploaded images of some work I'll be doing soon, you can see the extent I go to 'name' photos.
http://www.buzottembuilder.com/Images/web_images/pincetich-web-rdy/
Am I missing something by not using keywords? or other sorting means?
I have an older version of qpict http://www.qpict.net/ that I keep going back to, thinking it is my answer.
Or am just too anal retentive.

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Resent discoveries:
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