Let me throw a totally different perspective into the ring here... I know that this won't apply to those of you who don't shoot as prolifically as I do however...
I use Lightroom as an editing tool and nothing more. This is my workflow after completing a shoot: 1. I open Adobe Bridge, and I go to the drive/memory card that contains the images I need to import. 2. Then I do a really quick scan and delete off flash misfires, out of focus and eyes closed shots. I keep some that I might think are "redeemable" at this stage. 3. Then I "select all" and "copy". 4. Then I go the folder on my external drive that I have dedicated to the client I am shooting. (I have my drives sorted into "Commercial Clients" and "Portrait Clients", and each client has their own folder under this for not only images, but for contracts etc too). 5. Then I paste. 6. After everything has been copied over, I format the SD card, ready for my next shoot. 7. I go back to the folder containing the images (on my HDD), and have a bit of a more thorough look and delete duplicates, shots that I don't think will "add" anything to the collection, or shots that are "average" and that I don't want people to associate with my name! (Ego? Erm, yes, just a little!) 8. I go into LR3 and import the shots in the folder that I just copied. 9. After I complete my editing, and exporting of jpgs (one set in high res for printing, and a second set that are in low res and watermarked), I remove them from LR3. 10. I burn to DVD/usb two folders for each of my clients - a "High Resolution" folder, and a "Low Resolution" folder. In my contract it states that they may use their images online, but that they MUST only use the watermarked images from the Low Res folder to do so. For obvious reasons this is not the case with my commercial clients. So, basically, the ONLY folders that I have in my LR catalog are those that are waiting on editing, or partly edited. As soon as my work on the collection is completed and delivered to the client, I remove it as my way of keeping tabs on how much editing I need to do. We won't talk about how many folders I have in LR right now, I'd rather not think about it, because it is a tad scary... I use Photoshop ONLY for extra special shots these days. For custom editing for commercial clients when working on their campaign "signature" shots, but that is only after they have viewed the full collection of images and chosen their favourites to give "special treatment" to, and likewise I use it for working on canvas prints/collages/enlargements for portrait clients. And obviously for my web design/maintenance/advertising materials etc. So a bit different to most of you, I would think, but helps me to keep track of things so that I am not always drowning under it all. But, man is it a SWEET feeling to look into LR and see NO folders! Something I have done in about a year now! Tan.x. -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Eric Weir Sent: Thursday, 25 November 2010 1:25 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Lightroom file management question On Nov 24, 2010, at 12:34 AM, steve harley wrote: > On 2010-11-23 12:12 , Eric Weir wrote: >> >> A catch may be that in the camera the images are in subfolders by date in a folder by year. Perhaps there is a way to change that on the camera side? I'll have to see. > > in Aperture, at least, the folders the camera makes on the card are completely irrelevant; i'd assume the same from Lightroom You've opened me up to the possibility of non-problemmatically importing directly into LR, but it's going to take some experimenting to get the dated folders in the camera to go just where I want them on my hard disk. I appreciate your suggestions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
