Lightroom Organization

Jeff Harmon and guest Victoria Bampton, better known as the Lightroom Queen, talk about 5 key principles that should guide how they organize their photos both inside and outside of Lightroom:

1. Scalable

2. Easy Backup & Restore

3. No Duplication

4. Standard Characters

5. Consistent

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

Photo Taco - Lightroom Queen: http://improvephotography.com/40799/photo-taco-lightroom-queen/

Why not organize photos into folders by topic? https://www.lightroomqueen.com/why-not-organize-photos-into-folders-by-topic/

How do I organize photos into folders? https://www.lightroomqueen.com/organize-photos-folders/

How do I use the Import Dialog’s Destination panel to put the photos into dated folders? https://www.lightroomqueen.com/import-create-dated-folders/

How do I use the Import Dialog’s Destination panel to put the photos in per-shoot folders? https://www.lightroomqueen.com/import-destination-shoot-folders/

Why use collections to organize photos? https://www.lightroomqueen.com/collections-organize-photos/

Other resources:

Vote for Jeff’s “Cull” module idea to be added to Lightroom: https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/less_redundancy_actions_during_import_into_lr_instant_rating_during_import

Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/

iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2#

Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/

Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/

Photo Taco email: [email protected]

Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff

Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/

Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com

Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/