Lightroom Photo Organization | Lightroom Tutorial

[@myoldfruit1]

Very informative Stuart, I don’t use LR yet but have been considering it for a while. At the moment all my photos are on my Mac just in date order & at the current count I have 36,000 which I definitely need to look into Cataloging them. Hopefully the other 2 videos you are planning will give me the push I need to organise them as I was not sure how or what to do. I guess I would have to tidy them up on my Mac somehow first? .

[@sturousephoto]

Thanks for your comment! If you’re happy with your file structure of your photos on your Mac you could just import them as they are into the Lightroom Catalog. Basically, leave them as-is but get Lr to recognise them in their current locations.

[@grahamclark2299]

Interesting video. Personally I do find the keyword facility in LR really useful, particularly if using the hierarchy and synonyms. For example, if I type in Su-30SM, I automatically get Flanker H - Su-30 - Sukhoi - Fighter Jet - Russian Military Aviation - Aviation and if I type in Army 2017 I automatically get Kubinka AB - Kubinka - Odintsovsky - Moscow - Russia. Makes searches super easy and also exports with wire services uploads.