Hey-Ya, you right ? (english greeting)
Just a quick question before I go to bed, I have close to 200 gbs of photos from my trip, and a few days before we head home. Can anyone suggest a really good, clean and easy to use program for image management. I’m considering Lightroom or imatch but I haven’t tried either but both come strongly recommended from friends/peers. What do other people use, I’d like something that I can easily view and sort, and probably tag and catergorise my 1000’s of photos.
This will be the last for me in a while, maybe up to a week, depending on the state of our house (hopefully its not underwater).
Cheers,
Craig
Popular Mr, about 1 year ago
I’ve only recently started tagging and cataloging my stuff and it is heaps of work…but it makes finding them a lot easier…if you tag then correctly and remember wat you tag them.
I use lightroom and i find it rather easy to use
Craig Goldsmith, about 1 year ago
Thanks for the quick response, when I get back I’ll see what suits my style and let everyone know which I end up using and why.
David Sundstrom, about 1 year ago
Hi Craig,
I’m currently using lightroom, I find it meets my needs very well, it takes me allot less time to post process now …
download the 1.1 demo and give it a try
Morven, about 1 year ago
I use Apple’s Aperture, but obviously that only helps if you are already a Mac user. I love it. From what I’ve heard, Lightroom is also very good, and improving.
georgiegirl, about 1 year ago
I never thought of doing this with a program!
I just have them all in folders named by type… flowers, family, odds n sods, animals… you know… regular labels! Some things are grouped in more folders inside those (family is yearly for example).
As for software, I have Adobe Bridge and that sorts and labels in singles or as a batch.
Stephen Mitchell, about 1 year ago
Read my response in my journal .
Considering we shoot an average of 150 photographs per day, it’s imperative that I keep my work organised. Just last week on Kangaroo Island (hehe, free plug!) I shot 5,000 photographs. After sorting, it was easier to cull it down to 3,000 – all of which are easily located by date and location/item.
But I can understand how Lighthouse would be beneficial:
I saw a demoversion on a UK-camera magazine DVD that shows how it allows tagging and how to categorise in multiple directories. A very important feature for professional photographers!!
Craig Goldsmith, about 1 year ago
Thanks for your response (I’ve commented over there). And your right when you deal with high volumes you need some form of organisation, the 20,700 odd photos I took on my trip for instance, are currently spread over 30 DVDs and 2 HDs, its already a bit of a mess.