Photo storage
Jun 23, 2019 08:11:03 #
brucebil wrote:
Do you keep your cellphone photos on Mac photo or another such program or do you add them to your Lightroom collection? I have kept mine separate so far as they are not the same quality but it is becoming a bit of a mission.
I like to have everything on my computer. From there, I can decide where to put them.
Jun 23, 2019 08:57:23 #
brucebil wrote:
Do you keep your cellphone photos on Mac photo or another such program or do you add them to your Lightroom collection? I have kept mine separate so far as they are not the same quality but it is becoming a bit of a mission.
I don't use lightroom or a mac, but, I use ACDSee as my cataloger. I keep ALL photos on my PC and all photos are cataloged with keyword[s]. Cell phone pics I keep in a separate folder with sub folders for me, wife, son and daughters. The main reason I do this is because I get their pics from email, text messages, snapchat and so on and other than email, the EXIF info is stripped so I know who and what cell took the pic by where it is. I identify quality with ACDSee's rating system of 1-5. I only rate 4's and 5's, can't be bothered with 1-3. I base ratings on quality and/or subject/composition.
Jun 23, 2019 10:40:59 #
brucebil wrote:
Do you keep your cellphone photos on Mac photo or another such program or do you add them to your Lightroom collection? I have kept mine separate so far as they are not the same quality but it is becoming a bit of a mission.
If I take a cellphone shot that I think is a bit "artsy," then it goes into my LR image collection. If it's a cellphone photo of the dog food my dog likes (so I remember when I get to the store
) or the condition of my rental, then it goes into Mac Photos. You just need to determine a system, define it, and stay with it.Jun 23, 2019 19:03:51 #
via the lens wrote:
If I take a cellphone shot that I think is a bit "artsy," then it goes into my LR image collection. If it's a cellphone photo of the dog food my dog likes (so I remember when I get to the store ) or the condition of my rental, then it goes into Mac Photos. You just need to determine a system, define it, and stay with it.
) or the condition of my rental, then it goes into Mac Photos. You just need to determine a system, define it, and stay with it.Yes that's a good response. It is just, despite the iPhone claims - that the photos are not that great apart from a memory of something, so I was reluctant to mix them up with my others. I think I have it sussed now.
Jun 23, 2019 20:22:29 #
brucebil wrote:
Do you keep your cellphone photos on Mac photo or another such program or do you add them to your Lightroom collection? I have kept mine separate so far as they are not the same quality but it is becoming a bit of a mission.
As I did not drink the LR/Adobe or Apple koolaide, I store all my imaging on my Windows desktop and two externl drives. I include all imaging, still and video, from cameras, cellphones and scanners.
Jun 23, 2019 21:10:01 #
brucebil wrote:
Do you keep your cellphone photos on Mac photo or another such program or do you add them to your Lightroom collection? I have kept mine separate so far as they are not the same quality but it is becoming a bit of a mission.
I do somewhat similar to Bsprague. I have LR Classic on desktop, and LR mobile on phone, iPad, and laptop. What I shoot on the phone camera goes into LRCC on the laptop and LRClassic on the desktop. What I take with the camera goes into LRClassic on the desktop if I'm home, LRCC on the iPad or laptop if I'm traveling, and it too finds its way to LRClassic once I get home, through a synced collection. Once everything is synced to where I want it, I delete anything I don't want on the cloud from the Apple and Adobe Clouds, so I don't have to buy more storage either place. I don't tend to use my cellphone for serious photography, but sometimes it's all I have with me, or I catch a nice snap of the grandkids that I want to keep, but I'd rather have everything in LRClassic where I have my permanent catalogs, keywording, automatic backups, etc.
Jun 23, 2019 21:35:30 #
dave.m: Thank you for your illuminating response. I will be getting a new computer soon and have been trying to decide how to organize/rid files saved from my now deceased computer. I used Lightroom since version 2 and have been paying the monthly fee still for the classic version. Your system seems more straightforward for my needs than others that I have read about.
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