ORGANISE your PHOTOS BETTER - LIGHTROOM tips and tricks

Sorting out your photos is critically important to have an efficient workflow. Lightroom plays an important part in that. I wanted to share with you the tips and tricks that I have used over years to make my photo organisation simple and effective (and there is a bonus printing idea!)

Amazing SD card holder

Tough external hard drive

MY PHOTOGRAPHY GEAR

Full Format SLR

Awesome Landscape Mirrorless System

MY VLOGGING GEAR

PHOTO PAPER I USE

Matte Papers

Baryta (semi-gloss) Papers

[davidboothphotography]

This video has just enlightened me to whole array of things I am now going to do in my Lightroom, everyday is definitely a school day!!
Thanks Nigel

[ianbrown]

I have been a photographer for over 30 years and always just used bridge in Photoshop and folders etc. However this video has given me the knowledge to get more organised. I have seen loads of Lightroom videos on you tube but this one nails it from a photographers prospective, I will watch this on my iPad whilst following it to guide me through the process on my iMac - great stuff Nigel and thanks.

[rogercarlsson]

Great video on how you handel the pictures! It gave me a lot of inspiration and ideas on how to make my handling better and easyer. Many Thanks!!!!

[agnieszkaiwanicka]

Thank you for the idea of creating the Contact Sheets! It really sounds brilliant. I am going to try it out.

[jasnaivankovic]

Thank you so much! I am struggling to find the right workflow. This helps a lot! Thanks!

[mediumdun]

cant tell you how many articles/videos I've poured over on this topic and this one makes complete sense . New to channel and and many thanks

[Jude]

Absolutely brilliant. I have thousands of photos from numerous journeys and I’ve been stalling on how to sort and cull. Love the idea of printing a contact sheet.

[melissabirdsell]

Nigel, I know this video is old but I am just now seeing it. New to Lightroom and have been trying to learn and this is by far the best video I have seen! Thank you for doing it and for explaining things to clearly! I imagine I will watch it over and over as I try to organize my Lightroom photos.

[Nathan-shto]

Just found this, thank you soooo much! Exactly what I was looking for. Export presets based on different use case scenarios in a Year structured folder. Genius!!!

[edwinscox]

I've been trying to find my own workflow system for a couple of years, and I keep tweaking it, so by now it is not very uniform. So your video is perfect for me right now (January 2019) to start out the new year with a simple, quarterly filing system. I also learned a lot about your rating process which I think will help me become much more efficient during my first sort through the images after a shoot. I am now capturing more multiple images (several frames per second) and I have many more images to delete. Also, you've inspired me to create a few of my own presets for developing and exporting. I have been doing the same things over and over, so I look forward to becoming even more efficient. Your presentation style is calm, professional, and concise. THANK YOU Nigel!

[SueFerreira]

This The Best Video On Importing and Initial Workflow video - thank you!

[davidburns]

A few good tips in the video Nigel. There is so much in LR still to learn, thanks for sharing. Looking forward to your next post, next location and of course the pictures.

[jcfausto]

Really helpful tips for beginner photographers like me. Thanks for sharing! 👍

[robertyoung]

This is very helpful for serious photographers.
Thank you.

[JG-qzfq]

Very useful, thank you for the insights into your process Nigel

[blackbeardrrr]

Love the clear descriptions of each step, Nigel! And one last thing: IMHO, your "3 star" images look like 5-stars to me, dude. Rock on, keep up the fantastic work!

[AlexBerger]

Brilliant. Thank you! I have to admit, I've always been so focused on Develop, even after some 14, 000 photos edited, that I haven't ever clicked out of Develop over to "Map". I've always just geo-tagged in Flickr when I upload, or assumed it was going to be super complicated through a sync device. I have to admit, super embarassed. Mind blown. Thank you. THIS is why these types of tutorial videos are brilliant.

[Animosity]

Thanks Nigel, really useful video. Only 6 months or so into my Lightroom journey and going to stick with it, so this will no doubt be invaluable in years to come!

[jimmylindqvist]

Great video Nigel! Really helpful to get a efficient workflow to organize my photos. Big up from Sweden!

[Matt__just_a_guy]

my god there is soooo much I still don't know about lightroom.. an incredible video thank you so much! Now I have hours and hours of reorganising to do!!