This week has been sort of a stay indoors week for us. I know it sounds odd and really boring. Well that's because it has been. My daughter started coughing mid way through last week and has not been able to shed the cold since. I know it is driving her nuts staying inside and taking yucky medicine. Unfortunately it has been equally as boring for myself. After the first day I have to say I got a bit bored so I have been attempting to catch up with my organization of Lightroom. Now for many simply putting a name of what, when, or where is pretty normal and if that works for you, by all means do what works for you. There are more ways of keeping things organized in LR4 than you can shake a stick at. So how do I keep things straight?
Some people like to organize in Collections. Now if I had started out this way I would be light years ahead of my present system but I didn't. I have a few smart collections that have only my best work added. My files are organized first by year, month, and activity. Secondly I try to keep my keywords up to date but as is the case right now I am playing catch up. Now what kind of keywords do I try to use? Well of course I put the year, but then I try to be as specific as possible. adding the who, what, and where as key words. This also helps when I upload to sites like 500px where the metadata is transferred to fill in as much detail as I want to be revealed. For places that I go often it is easier to add keywords by just checking the words that apply such as Viera Wetlands or Wickham Park.
Now for Me it is a lot easier during the import process to flag or rate an image. I try not to spend to much time on one image during this process. If an image catches my eye right off the bat, keep it by adding a star. While doing all of this add your keywords and make sure your normal Metadata like copyrights notices get added.
From here on out it is a pretty standard. I give each image a second look and rate it 1-5 by pressing the corresponding number on the keypad. Use arrows to scroll through images back and fourth and if I shot an HDR sequence I stack the shots that I use in the process by pushing the shift key, tapping on the selected images and then pushing ctrl+G. Generally I do not look twice at many photos that do not reach at least a 3 star rating before processing. I find this system to be very useful and easy to find specific images when I need to go back in time so to speak.
If you have a question or concern about photography or editing please feel free to ask.
Some people like to organize in Collections. Now if I had started out this way I would be light years ahead of my present system but I didn't. I have a few smart collections that have only my best work added. My files are organized first by year, month, and activity. Secondly I try to keep my keywords up to date but as is the case right now I am playing catch up. Now what kind of keywords do I try to use? Well of course I put the year, but then I try to be as specific as possible. adding the who, what, and where as key words. This also helps when I upload to sites like 500px where the metadata is transferred to fill in as much detail as I want to be revealed. For places that I go often it is easier to add keywords by just checking the words that apply such as Viera Wetlands or Wickham Park.
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Now for Me it is a lot easier during the import process to flag or rate an image. I try not to spend to much time on one image during this process. If an image catches my eye right off the bat, keep it by adding a star. While doing all of this add your keywords and make sure your normal Metadata like copyrights notices get added.
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| Almost 28000 images on my WD Passport |
If you have a question or concern about photography or editing please feel free to ask.
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