How do I change the default save folder for screenshots in Mountain Lion

I would like screen shots to save to a specific folder in Pictures (~/Pictures/Screenshots)
There is a way to do this in previous versions of OS-X. Is there another way to do this in Lion, or is the Terminal method the simplest way to do this?
Thanks
Dave

It should still work the same way. I changed mine in either Snow Leopard or Lion and it remains the way i Changed it in Mountain Lion.
bob[07:25]~>defaults read com.apple.screencapture location
/Users/bob/Documents/ScreenCaptures/
to change it I had entered:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/bob/Documents/ScreenCaptures/

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