A system and method include determining predicted emotional events associated with an emotional response by a subject forming a timeline based on the predicted emotional events and acquiring image data associated with the subject to be acquired based on the timeline. Determining the predicted emotional events may include identifying emotional images, identifying prior emotional events associated with the emotional images, and determining the predicted emotional events based on the prior emotional events. Determining the predicted emotional events based on the prior emotional events may include: identifying digital content associated with a prior emotional event, determining an attribute of the digital content, identifying other digital content associated with the attribute, and determining the predicted emotional events based on the other digital content.
