I went to a talk at my local camera club on Digital workflow using Elements this week and the speaker was discussing how he managed his photographs. I think the key points he made were that
- Name all photographs YYYYMMDD-name
- Use Lightroom for the cataloging (better than Bridge)
- Provide meaningful and consistent key words
My method is to create a folder of shots such as Holiday 2008, drop them all in there and use Picassa to view them. As I aim to start taking more photographs in the future I thought now might be a good time to start with a 'proper' system.
I have CS2 that includes Bridge and wonder what others do.
Searching the forum the only relevant thread I can find is on
backing up images
Any thoughts and experiences greatly appreciated. Suggestions might cover
- keyword usage - how many, how deep (art or paintings,sculpture for example)
- Storing of raw and processed files
- Interim or staging areas