{"id":9875,"date":"2018-09-19T02:47:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T02:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd341\/?p=9875"},"modified":"2018-11-19T02:48:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T02:48:42","slug":"organize-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd341\/organize-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Organize Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basic Principles<\/h4>\n
Below are some basic principles behind the widely\u00a0accepted best practices of digital asset management. Consider these as you develop your own workable solution for photos storage and management.<\/div>\n
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    Scalable<\/strong>\u2014your filing system needs to be capable of growing with you, without having to go back and change it.<\/div>\n
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        If you organize your photos by topic, and your \u201cAnimals\u201d folder is on a disconnected drive, you must reconnect the drive every time you photograph some animals. Multiply that by multiple drives and you have a headache!<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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        If you add photos to a date\/time-based\u00a0folder structure of some description, then only one small area\u00a0of your photo archive is updated when you import new photos.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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        Easy Backup & Restore<\/strong>\u2014Your folder structure needs to be easy to back up, otherwise you may miss some photos, and it needs to be easy to restore if you ever have a disaster.<\/div>\n
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          Store ALL photos in a single parent folder(per drive) rather than scattering photos around your hard drives.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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          No duplication<\/strong>\u2014Each photo should be stored in a single location (in addition to your backups).<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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          Standard characters<\/strong>\u2014When naming your folders, stick to standard characters\u2014A-Z, 0-9, hyphens (-) and underscores (_) \u00a0This will accommodate ALL platforms for present & future.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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          Consistent<\/strong>\u2014You should always know where a photo goes\u00a0without having to think about it.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Why use a date\/time-based folder structure?<\/h4>\n
          The simplest option is to use one of Lightroom\u2019s default dated\u00a0folder structures, or \u201cper-shoot\u201d coder with date added. This satisfies all the criteria above automatically.<\/div>\n
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            It\u2019s\u00a0scalable<\/strong>, because you just keep adding new dates to the end.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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            It\u2019s easy to back up<\/strong> the original photos because you\u2019re adding new photos to the latest folders.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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            It\u2019s easy to restore<\/strong> from a good backup. In the event of a disaster, it\u2019s even possible to rebuild the folder structure from files rescued by recovery software, because the capture dates are stored in the file metadata.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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            It uses standard characters<\/strong>, which are accepted by all operating systems.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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            The folders can be nested<\/strong>, so you don\u2019t have a long unwieldy list of folders.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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            Lightroom can create the folder structure for you automatically on import<\/strong>, so you don\u2019t even have to organize it manually.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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            It\u2019s easy to go back and move older photos<\/strong> into the same folder structure, especially if you\u2019re only using one folder per month.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Best Practices for organizing Photos in Lightroom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guide"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd341\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/lightroom.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pahUIk-2zh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd341\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd341\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd341\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd341\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd341\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9875"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd341\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9879,"href":"https:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd341\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9875\/revisions\/9879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd341\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd341\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd341\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd341\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}