Marcia Byrd wrote:
I am learning LRCC. I can't get past the catalog. For the life of me I can't understand how the catalog works, how to download photos to the proper place on MacBook Pro (i.e. photos, pictures, external hard drive, etc) I know it is too much to ask someone on this site to explain it to me but but if anyone has the name of a course that explains it well I would be very appreciative. Thanks so much.
My first recommendation is to not use LRCC to import photos from your card. I have three reasons:
1. LRCC creates it's own directory structure
2. LRCC copies all unique photos from the card (so if you deleted photos from previous imports, they come back)
3. You lose control of naming conventions
My first step is to create a folder to copy images to, and I name it date-place, e.g. 220325-SavannahGA.
I then copy the files from the card to that folder.
I then import files form that folder into Lightroom, leaving them where I put them.
I then make a quick pass through the images, and delete the bad photos.
I then use Lightroom to rename the photos. I rename them FolderName-Sequence### from Library->Rename Photos in the menu.
I then go through the photos and delete what I don't want, add keywords, and use caption for descriptive data (if I take a picture of a Cardinal, I put Cardinal in the Caption). Yes, cardinal is obvious, but is White Breasted Nuthatch obvious?
Now, when I export an image for posting, the file name tells me exactly when and where I took the photo, and directs me to it's location in Lightroom.