ORGANIZING YOUR PHOTOS, PART 3: Quality & Application
When organizing my image library, keywording is simply where I begin. Yet there’s so much more to consider. Tagging images so I can find them when I need them is indeed crucial to my library’s organization, but simply finding images isn’t all I need. I mean, I’m looking through my library for a reason, right?
My photography isn’t created so it can sit on my hard drive forever. There are things I want to do with my images. Portfolios need to be created for all kinds of applications. I often run slideshows. I gather images to add work to my website. I need to find images I want to post on Instagram or Facebook, to email friends, family and clients; to make prints or to make books, just to name a few. Keywording is just the beginning.
In the first article of this series on organizing your photos with Lightroom Classic, I identified the types of organization there are and how to use Lightroom’s Library Filter. In part two, I discussed techniques in Categorical Organization, such as how to develop keywording strategies.
This third article aims to tackle methods for both “applicative” and “qualitative” organization. What’s the difference? Qualitative organization refers to organizing by the quality of the image; in other words, separating my good images from my not-so-good
