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How can I improve my photo organization? (alien.top)
submitted 10 months ago by hoyapolyneura@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro
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I do photography as a side job. 100% self taught, and I think my lack of education when it comes to photo organization is going to catch up to me.

My current process is:

  • Back up photos on hard drive

  • Cull photos on my Mac by “tagging” them, and moving the tagged photos to Lightroom

  • Move them to the appropriate file in Lightroom. Photos are organized by subject > year > name/date. This also serves as a backup.

  • When I send photos to clients, I copy the photos to a floating file on my desktop and share them on a Google drive file. I do this because it (was) free and easy, except now I’m paying 9.99 a month for for more storage

This doesn’t seem like an ideal process to me. I don’t know what I don’t even know. Does anyone have a streamlined process they want to brag about?

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[–] kissel_@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don’t get why you’re culling images before taking them to Lightroom. Lightroom is FOR culling images. I use star ratings. But plenty of people just reject images with a pass/fail mentality. Either way, a tool like Lightroom (or capture one) is meant to take you through your whole workflow. Images can come off the card into the app, get sorted, get adjusted, and exported all within the app. Exporting out to a folder shared in google drive is fine, but you might also consider a web-based gallery option like smug if or Zenfolio for image delivery depending on your client base.

[–] hoyapolyneura@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I don’t get why you’re culling images before taking them to Lightroom

Honestly, me either. I guess I never considered culling them their, but the star rating seems way more streamlined