I could go on really, theres a few more subfolders here and there to help with workflow, but its really just a matter of looking at how you shoot photos, and what files you end up with on computer.
Then I have a "Finished" folder which has "Large Tiff" "Small Jpeg" "Saved for Web". The new Tiff files then go into Photography>Personal>Original Tiff> and create a shoot specific folder here. I then select the RAW files I want to work with and take them into Adobe Camera Raw, make any adjustments to the RAW files, then convert them to Tiff files. So after doing a shoot, I go into either personal or work, then import the RAW files into Photography>Personal>RAW>2007>April> and create a shoot specific folder here.Īfter importing RAW files, I'll open CS3 Bridge and run through the shoot quickly, deleting anything not suitable. Starting with a "Photography" folder, under that is "Personal" and "Work". It takes a bit of thought to get it right and usually you make a few minor changes over time. I shoot exclusively in RAW format, so have quite a large folder structure setup. This may seem a bit of work on a per photo basis, but photo editing is a labor of love for me - I don't mind it at all.Īnd it means that at any time I see a photo that I like, and perhaps would like to process again, I can easily lay hands on the "negative" - same folder structure, same name. For example, in the above case, the digital negative from my EOS-30D gets titled "E-, Me Typing This Entry.jpg". I then cut and paste that title onto the title of the "digital negative" and add a title prefix that indicates the device that originated the shot. For example: ", Me Typing This Entry.jpg". On my Mac, these two folders live directly under the Pictures folder of my home folder.Įach photo gets named according to the date it was shot on and the topic. I keep a matching top level folder of "digital negatives" called Photo Negatives - the original unretouched file off the digital camera or off of the scanner, again organized by date. For me, since I have a scanner and am fairly proficient with Photoshop (hence family members send me lots of vintage stuff to restore) I have folders going all the way back to 1922. I have a top level folder called Photo Album, and one sub folder per year that I have photos for.
I am working on a program to add the keywords as metadata to the files but it will be quite a while before it is complete since I do not have time to work on it right now.īeing a cross platform sort of guy (haved moved around a lot between Windows, Linux and Mac) I don't rely on any one application to help me organize my photos. It is important to backup your albumdata.xml, lest you want to risk losing your keywords.
This makes it easy for me to find photos I have not categorized yet. Then I have albums for "Backgrounds", "Web", "XMas" and so on for photos with the corresponding keywords.Ībove those I have smart albums for things added in the last week and last month and finally one for pictures that do not have any keywords. Another called "Natalia Favorites" for my favorite pictures (keywords Natalia and Favorites). As an example I have a Smart Album called "Natatlia" for all the pistures of my neice (Keyword Natalia). By having smart albums with different keyword combinations I can keep my photos organized. I use keywords, comments, and smart albums to stay organized. You can get rid of the duplicate pictures, as long as they are in your iPhoto Album folder. Well, I had a longer response typed up but then hit q on the wrong keyboard, so I will summarize.
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