Lightroom Tip - Simple Folder Structure


An often asked question is How should I structure my folders in Lightroom?

One approach is to create a structure around the shoot date. This is good, but can get quite confusing unless extensive key wording is used.

A simpler approach is to create a main Photos folder with three sub folders called: Locations, Objects and People.

Lightroom folder structuure
Simple Lightroom folder structure

I have found that I can place any of my shoots or individual images into a sub-folder with a descriptive name under one of these three headings.

Before this I spent a long time structuring my images by event and date. A date based naming convention can then be used if required within the sub folders.

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Lightrooms Metadata date browser


Lightroom has an excellent metadata date browser so strict filing by date is not as important as it used to be.

Hope you find this useful.

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