Photo Editing Process

Folder Structure

• Year
  • Quarter
    • Project
      • Day - Only if there’s loads of days

Grading

5 Star - Definitely Edit
4 Star - Excited, but 2nd Priority
3 Star - Should be edited, but not sure

Colouring

Green - Edited and final
Blue - Edited but not sure
Red - Edited and Face

Smart Collections

• 3,4,5 Star Collection

Tags

I use tags for Smart catalogues

• posted - it is a tag that I use when a photo was already posted. All posted photos will show up in smart catalogue

Process

• Import photographs and put them in a right folder
• Create a Collection in Lightroom with the same name as folder
• Do initial Pick/Reject
• Go through your images again and pick/reject and give stars
• Edit images