If you presume that you'll always be using LR, and that the catalog structure will be able to be read by any future software that you may end up using, then it's true that you don't need to organize on disk.
I prefer to future proof and organize files on the disk. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> John Sessoms >> >> Y'all act as if you have to choose between key wording & hierarchical >> folders. >> > > Not at all - people can do both if they want to. John of Occam wouldn't > though, and nor do I. > > B > >> From: "Bob W" >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> >> Of Walt >> >> >> >> I'll be sure to keep in mind the keyword stuff. But, sadly, I'm just >> >> horrible about doing stuff like that -- it's a procrastination >> thing, >> >> I guess. >> >> >> >> Thankfully, I don't have many older photos, so it won't be a huge >> >> deal >> >> -- at least until I put off adding keywords to my newer images for >> so >> >> long that it gets to be too much of an ordeal to mess with. ;) >> >> >> > >> > If you do the basic keywords (who, what, where, why) at the time you >> > import the pictures you can avoid the procrastination problem. The >> > keyword entry box is on the right hand panel of the import dialog. >> > >> > Keywords are more helpful and more flexible than deriving a folder >> > structure, and it doesn't take any longer to use them. For example, >> if >> > your folder structure is say \Holidays\Paris\Cafe de Rostand\Fifi\, >> > just enter the keywords holidays, paris, Caf? de Rostand and fifi >> > instead (I would make caf? a separate keyword). >> > >> > You're liberated from the tyranny of the fixed structure, and the >> > problem of what to do with something that belongs in more than one >> > folder, For example if Fifi also belongs in Family\Nieces\Pretend\ >> and >> > in Mistresses\No longer\ you just include as keywords family, nieces, >> > etc. You can search on any equal or proper subset of the keywords, in >> > any order, rather than having to find your way through all the levels >> > of a folder structure that you will lose track of. >> > >> > You can put keywords themselves in hierarchies if you want, although >> I >> > stopped doing that a long time ago. For example, Europe > France > >> > Paris, Europe > France > Lyon, Europe > Germany > Neuschwanstein. If >> > you then keyword something as Neuschwanstein it will turn up in >> > searches for Europe, without you having to put Europe as a keyword >> > against the picture, and any search for France will include both >> Paris and Lyon. >> > >> > The problem, for me, is maintaining the hierarchies and also making >> > sure that what you are doing is a real, genuine, hierarchy, and >> that's >> > not always obvious until it's too late. A keyword can belong to more >> > than one hierarchy, I think, so it's slightly better than a folder >> > structure in >> > (most) hierarchical file systems. >> > >> > B >> > >> > B >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
