A huge body of work that I've created is an on-going photo project of my niece Rachel. I began by not keywording at all. BIG MISTAKE. Then when I did start I was being far too specific...things like Rachel, blankie, thumb, foot, shoe, porch, kitchen, swing, park...so I essentially became overrun with keywords and finding the specific image was dependent on my knowing what else (besides Rachel) might be in the image or where it was taken. Now what I do is keyword by name (Rachel) and location (park, Seattle, Kansas City, etc). As I go through my images after import I flag and star them. The best ones get flagged, the best of the best get 5 stars. I don't use any other stars (though you can use 1-5). To find images I go to Keyword>Rachel then I turn on my 'picks' which are my flagged images. From there I turn on my five stars and the image I'm looking for is pretty much bound to be there. Because I intend to do a very large print project of these images I have also created a collection specific to her images which are the best of the best of the best. You add to a collection by clicking and dragging images to it. Very simple. LR2.6 (and ealier ones, too, I believe) recognize multiple hard drives so you can bring images in from any number of sources and have them show up in LR. I have something like 12 hard drives feeding into LR. I'm pretty organized, though, so I know what things are where. Keywording just makes them show up faster when I'm hunting around. Lea On Mar 5, 2010, at 9:48 AM, lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Lea, > > Any hints?? The less data entry the better. I have lots of iterations > of the same image that really confuses things. > > AZ > > LOOKAROUND - Since 1978 > Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! > The Lookaround E-Book > FREE COPY > http://www.panoramacamera.us > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: [SPAM] Re: Running Lightroom on own drive >> From: Lea Murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Fri, March 05, 2010 9:48 am >> To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students >> <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> Using Lightroom's collections and keywords are a fantastic way to >> reign in wayward file systems. >> >> If you're not sure how to use them I'd encourage you to check them out >> before you get going so you can implement them from the get-go. I've >> gone through over 40,000 files and added keywords. Wish I'd done them >> as I added them. I wouldn't give up keywords if you paid me! >> >> Another thought. Be sure to back up your LR catalog regularly to a >> different hard drive than the one holding your original catalog. >> >> Lea >> >> winter. over it. >> >> On Mar 5, 2010, at 8:20 AM, lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >>> Thanks a lot Lea! >>> >>> My file system is sooo squirrely I am hoping LR will put some >>> consistency into it. >>> >>> AZ >>> >>> LOOKAROUND - Since 1978 >>> Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! >>> The Lookaround E-Book >>> FREE COPY >>> http://www.panoramacamera.us >>> >>>> -------- Original Message -------- >>>> Subject: [SPAM] Re: Running Lightroom on own drive >>>> From: Lea Murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Date: Fri, March 05, 2010 9:06 am >>>> To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students >>>> <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> >>>> >>>> You don't need to isolate LR to its own drive, leave the program on >>>> your main drive but start a catalog from your external drive. You can >>>> have many catalogs and ne'er the twain need meet. >>>> >>>> When you start a new catalog you want to be sure to place it in the >>>> external drive, too, rather than the default location which is >>>> usually >>>> your pictures folder. >>>> >>>> All that being said, I have multiple catalogs and wish I didn't. Your >>>> images may be more conducive to multiple catalogs than mine are, >>>> though. >>>> >>>> Lea >>>> >>>> winter. over it. >>>> >>>> On Mar 5, 2010, at 7:42 AM, lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> LightRoom pros, >>>>> >>>>> I would like to run LightRoom program by it self from 1TB hard >>>>> drive. >>>>> I want to store all new digital files in the LR cataloging and work >>>>> flow >>>>> scheme away from all previous digital image files. >>>>> >>>>> Is this a good idea or even possible? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> AZ >>>>> >>>>> LOOKAROUND - Since 1978 >>>>> Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! >>>>> The Lookaround E-Book >>>>> FREE COPY >>>>> http://www.panoramacamera.us >>>>> >>> > your kids . my camera . we'll click www.leamurphy.com
