Unless you are working with other photographers in a network environment, the first rule in creating a catalog is to develop a folder structure that makes sense to you. If you are in a network environment with other photographers this may get a little complicated causing you to compromise. I find it best to write a brief sentence that describes your type of photography and what, where, or who you photograph. Review your sentence and look for a common denominator. Examples I'm a Portrait photographer whose clients include corporate … [Read more...] about Creating a Lightroom Folder Structure
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Conform: Meaningful Folder Structures
Check out the rest of Organize Your Photos: DAM Foundations Consolidate Conform Cull Copy Clear After consolidating source media on the DAM drives, everything is now in one place. Along the way, it is likely that some duplicate data has been created and some media has been copied that we really do not need. At this point, the DAM drives look something like this: Establish A Naming Convention Before cleaning the repository, one must be certain one can make accurate comparisons between folders. To do this, a standard naming … [Read more...] about Conform: Meaningful Folder Structures
Batch Renaming your Photos with Mac OS X Yosemite
Developing a file structure is one of the first steps in creating your workflow. Whether youre using Lightroom to manage your library or Bridge to view folders of photos, its much easier to find a specific photo if you use a descriptive filename. In my personal workflow, I include the date, project name, and image number. So for example: 2014-09-16_ND_Scout_0001.nef Most everything I shoot is on one day. However, if youre shooting for multiple days, with multiple cameras on larger shoots, then I recommend you include that information too. … [Read more...] about Batch Renaming your Photos with Mac OS X Yosemite
Renaming your Photos on Import with Adobe Lightroom
Developing a file structure is one of the first steps in creating your workflow. Whether youre using Lightroom to manage your library or Bridge to view folders of photos, its much easier to find a specific photo if you use a descriptive filename. In my personal workflow, I include the date, project name, and image number. So for example: 2014-09-16_ND_Scout_0001.nef Most everything I shoot is on one day. However, if youre shooting for multiple days, with multiple cameras on larger shoots, then I recommend you include that information too. … [Read more...] about Renaming your Photos on Import with Adobe Lightroom
Batch Renaming your Photos with Adobe Bridge
Developing a file structure is one of the first steps in creating your workflow. Whether youre using Lightroom to manage your library or Bridge to view folders of photos, its much easier to find a specific photo if you use a descriptive filename. In my personal workflow, I include the date, project name, and image number. So for example: 2014-09-16_ND_Scout_0001.nef Most everything I shoot is on one day. However, if youre shooting for multiple days, with multiple cameras on larger shoots, then I recommend you include that information too. … [Read more...] about Batch Renaming your Photos with Adobe Bridge
5 Common “Lightroom Lost my Photos!” Mistakes
1. Lightroom lost or deleted my photo! Before you panic and think Lightroom lost or deleted your photo, ask yourself did you import the photo to your computer using Lightroom. If you just copied images from your memory card to a folder on your computer, by-passing Lightroom, how will Lightroom know where the photo is located? It's best to import images to your computer using Lightroom. 2. I imported my photos using Lightroom but I can't find them! Are you sure you opened the correct catalog? When first starting out with Lightroom, it's best … [Read more...] about 5 Common “Lightroom Lost my Photos!” Mistakes
Conquering Lightroom’s Import Window
Getting organized in Lightroom starts at the import stage. A little organization up front goes a long way towards succes. While an entire chapter can be written on how to design and optimize a file structure system, I'd like to keep it simple. There are many way to accomplish this. What works for me, may not work for you. Overall your file structure system has to make sense to you (or you won't follow it). Getting Organized This is one example on how I designed my file structure system for the majority of my photos. This example is for … [Read more...] about Conquering Lightroom’s Import Window
