use strict;
 use warnings;
 use 5.014;	
 use Win32::Console;
 use Win32::GUI();
 use autodie; 
 use warnings    qw< FATAL  utf8     >;
 use Carp::Always;
 use Win32API::File::Time qw{:win};
use Image::ExifTool qw(:Public);
use Date::Parse;

# ...
my ( $FileName, $ImageDir, $DIR, $TopDir);
# ...
$TopDir = 'D:\My Documents';
	$ImageDir = Win32::GUI::BrowseForFolder( -root => $TopDir, -includefiles => 1,);
	unless ($ImageDir) { 
		say '$DirName not defined after calling Win32::GUI::BrowseForFolder, ',
		'Photo date set line'.__LINE__;
		exit;
	}
	else {
		say "Identified directory: $ImageDir";
	}	
	# now select a file
	
	$FileName = Win32::GUI::GetOpenFileName( -title  => 'Select an image file', -directory => $ImageDir,
    	-file   => "\0" . " " x 256,
    	-filter => ["Image files (*.jpg)" => "*.jpg;*.jpeg", "All files", "*.*", ],);
	unless ($FileName) {
		say '$FileName not defined after calling Win32::GUI::GetOpenFileName, ',
		'Photo date set line'.__LINE__;
	}
	else {
		say "Identified image file: $FileName";
	}
# ...