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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: My Struggle to Learn to Use Lightroom
From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 10:44:43 -0600
Thanks for sharing your insights, Philippe. I am getting ready to attempt to select a file structure that fits my picture taking habits, i.e., Family, Little League, Airport, Skydiving, maybe even Pretty Girls. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/6/2017 2:25 AM, Philippe wrote:
Three steps

I often rename e.g. « 2016-Xmas-file nb » - LR can do that semi-automatically, just type 
in the « prefix » and let the file number - there are other options but I like this one 
best

I let LR create its folders the way it wants, by dates, and find it convenient since 
it works fine - the itch is when you have several cameras not all set to the accurate 
date and time - but this issue can also be addressed after the upload, automatically 
(how do I know? I edited the photos from a dozen not-synchronized cameras when I last 
got married … )

And most importantly, you can, should, must use keywords on import - e.g. " 
holidays, Portugal, Sintra » . Thus, whatever the date, I can find all the photos I 
shot In Portugal in a second, whatever the day they were shot, or restrict my quest to a 
specific place, Sintra, etc.

In any case, the camera used will be recorded too, and it may sometimes be 
useful to make a query this way too.

Hope this helps.

Amities
Philippe


Le 6 janv. 2017 à 02:41, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

One of the tutorials I watched this afternoon made a point of explaining that a 
three-day assignment, with files split into three folders by date, was a bad 
thing.  He always used a subject name instead of date.   To each his own. :-D

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/5/2017 7:32 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
Correction. The directory dates are not based on import date, but file
date. So if you shoot over a three day period of time, when you import
them, Lightroom will sort them into three directories. If you want, of
course.

This is a good thing, Martha. Unless, of course, you have a camera
that the clock resets itself to some crazy date like 6/1/2077. Don't
ask my how I know that.

AG Schnozz
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