Smarter Ways to Organize & Keyword in Lightroom

[@Morning_Fr0st]

I didn't know you had a channel! Fastest subscription of my life.

[@chrissydonadi]

Hey Sydney! Hope you are well. Thank you, that's the best compliment ever!

[@WalkingEng]

Great and helpful video

[@chrissydonadi]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for taking a moment to leave your thoughts.

[@andycakebread7663]

Recently moved to lightroom. This is the best thing I've viewed in ages

[@GaryHart-i1s]

Excellent video - thx for the great advice!

[@chasingwheelsaus]

This was really helpful, thanks

[@MrRonRobertson]

You have some beautiful photos in your catalog

[@acidtears]

Who, What, When, Where, How - beautifully simple but effective.

[@ralphpayne6259]

Thanks for a topic so many avoid presenting! I love way you make it based on how the user works.

[@FrankvanEs]

Thank you very much for this great tutorial.

[@chrissydonadi]

Glad it was helpful and thanks for sharing a comment!

[@julesselmes]

Thank you for some great tips. I’m a commercial photographer and you have given me back hours of my time.

[@marcosgonzalez2109]

Thanks so much for this tutorial, I have been using Lightroom for years without knowing anything about Keywords, you have been doing my life a lot easier, liked and subscribed

[@chrissydonadi]

So happy to hear it helped! Cheers to a happy Lightroom experience!

[@by.othman]

What a fabulous idea, many thanks...

[@chrissydonadi]

Glad you found it useful. More than welcome and happy organizing!

[@yajlemag1]

I learned so much in three videos. Than you, and I look forward to more soon.

[@jeromehutchinson1961]

Love the way you teach, thank you. I've learned so much in such a short time.

[@anngiuli]

Another excellent video. Your videos are highly organized and the presentation is pleasing to listen to. I also immediately subscribed after watching your video on "7 Powerful Tips". Thank You

[@chrissydonadi]

Thank you for the kind words and I'm glad you have found the videos helpful! Cheers!

[@ChristianRouLund]

Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge. I have been using LR since the beginning but I have thought about using keywords like you show🙏🙏👍👍👌👌

[@sjsphotog]

Great refresher tutorial. Thanks

[@chrissydonadi]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for taking a moment to leave a comment.

[@IanBrowne-x6n]

Thank you. Very much a refresher session for me and as always there is something to learn or relearn . I need to do this export/import thing because my old Lr5 that you're not old enough to know about doesn't talk to the newer programs. But I do own it! 🥳 (I smelt the rat when Adobe went to subscriptions) One annoy problem I still have is exporting to a win10 "edit" folder, editing in another program (mostly Affinity) , then importing an edited file back into Lightroom where the keywords don't go under the original hierarchy k/w. They go into a single list. I don't need to the export keywords outside my computer .And I certainly don't need the keyword list you have ---- even heard of the delete buttons 🤗 What do I have, or don't have clicked ? Thank you so much for reading Do you know about [ '/" ] key to flag and unflag a file ;) . Far better than the Adobe way 🤗

[@RadAlzyoud]

Very useful. Thanks for sharing.

[@chrissydonadi]

Glad to hear it! Cheers!

[@darrenjennings]

Thank you. Clarified a few things for me.

[@chrissydonadi]

Glad to hear it!

[@ajgifts122]

Awesome!

[@Barbara-qr4gq]

Hi Chrissy, perfect timing with this video - my next job in Lightroom - thank you😊

[@chrissydonadi]

More than welcome! Glad the stars aligned and happy organizing!

[@abhijit-sarkar]

I'm creating a keywords list based on the 'Lightroom Keyword List Project'. I have a couple of questions that I hope you can help me with: 1. How would you categorize "things" that fall somewhat between "WHAT" and "WHERE"? For example, mountains and lakes. A mountain may be present in two photos taken from completely different locations, which seems redundant to label in each instance (and leads to my next question). Categorizing them as "WHAT" creates confusion for smaller items, such as a hot spring or geyser. These items can't be present in photos shot from elsewhere, but technically, you're not at a geyser, you're seeing one. 2. Can the same keyword exist in two different hierarchies?

[@alejandrogarciae]

Is there a way to export this structure if we are working with different catalogs?

[@hanswi336]

OMG - where did you shoot that Galearis ?!!!!!!

[@jerzyskysky5882]

Rewelacja !!!!!~! Pozdrowienia z Polski

[@chrissydonadi]

Nie ma za co! Very happy to hear!

[@olgageorgiev5752]

Fantastic exactly what I was looking for ….wish I had found this earlier before I did a lot of searching for this info elsewhere

[@chrissydonadi]

So glad it helped and thank you for the feedback! And at least you found the info now - cheers!

[@sueword1]

Hi Chrissy hope you may be able to tell me where i am going wrong. I have multiple catalogues and within those catalogues there are members of my family when I use keyword ie family then do keylisting I go into a catalogue and it and the i transfer to the keylisting then I go to another catalogue with more family in it will only let me put them in that catalogue any help would be appreciated.

[@amirpatel1934]

Hi Chrissy, because this is lightroom classic, i wanted to know, does Lightroom cloud/web have the same multi keyword and search feature?

[@katrinpetersen9508]

As a Lightroom newbie I have been shying away forever from importing my 30K+ photos (mostly close-up) into LR. I keep them on an external hard drive, classified by the 4 seasons and the country, so basically your WHEN and WHERE. This is sooo very helpful and gives me hope. For the first time, I believe I could manage this. The only thing is I have no keywords yet, but in the end that might turn out to be an advantage? Merci mille fois!!!

[@chrissydonadi]

Pas de problème! Yes, you can definitely handle it - start with big bucket keywords and then just work this endeavor a little at a time. Every photo doesn't need 20 keywords, even just a few can prove powerful. And, even better, you have the advantage of starting fresh with your keywording. Maybe take a look at my previous video on "7 Powerful Tips to Organize your Lightroom Folders" (kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5fEZZKbacijbrM), but it sounds like your system of organizing images into WHEN AND WHERE folders is a fantastic approach, especially if it feels intuitive to you. There's also another quick video on importing tips. Just some more knowledge so you feel empowered when you decide to take on the task of importing and organizing in Lightroom. One step at a time and you'll get there!

[@katrinpetersen9508]

@@chrissydonadi Thank you so much Chrissy, I will definitely watch the video you linked to, the one with importing tips and go ONE step at a time; always such a good advice when things seem overwhelming. Thanks for your encouragements!

[@photographlisbon]

I actually use the same system as you but for some reason I'm constantly getting orphaned (outside of the hierarchy) keywords. Any idea why this happens and how to avoid it?

[@EdBacon]

Did you mention to make “To Sort” the place to put new keywords?

[@chrissydonadi]

The "to sort" was simply a temporary and collapsible spot to put a long laundry list of keywords you want to organize into a hierarchy. Rather than continuously scrolling up and down to figure out where things should go, you can pull 5-10 out at a time and place them in the right spot in the hierarchy. Then, you can slowly work your way through all the keywords until everything feels organized. Alternatively, you can start with something that is named "1. Places" and drag all your location keywords under that keyword. Then, maybe name another keyword "2. Things" and drag keywords like trees, waterfall, etc. under that. I would try to put any new keywords created in the right place in your hierarchy structure. Hope that helps!

[@guitarscoffee17]

I thought Lightroom automatically baked the keywords into the photos until I got a corrupted catalogue & lost everything... total nightmare, so much work all gone... lol