Scott, Fantastic video, thank you for helping creating good habits with LR and organizing our images. I have a question regarding the external drive: which would you recommend…. A WD My Cloud external drive or just a regular non-cloud drive like the one in your video? Thank you in advance for your suggestion.
Where have you been all of my life as a photographer, Scott Kelby???!!!! 🤗This was the most thorough, helpful and easy to understand tutorial on Lightroom organization EVER! And your humor made it all the better. 😁After using Lightroom for 13+ years I feel like I can finally get a handle on my digital library. Thanks a million to YOU and to B&H for making this presentation free for us to watch.
Always struggled with organizing my photos, since I am a Lightroom Noob. This Talk is really good and truly teaches you the best practices. Also loved the dynamic of the whole talk by Scott Kelby, and his humor.
This is so helpful. I have thousands of photos and this will take forever, but this really makes sense to me. Now I know what I'll be doing for the next few months. Thank you!
I am new to phtography and to Lightroom. I cannot imagine a more helpful hour of instruction, with awesome pdf handouts, than Scott Kirby's class in organizing Lightroom. Thank you Scott and B&H for bringing this to us. My worfflow is no longer a disaster.
Search everything he has presented. He is literally the guru of Adobe products for photographers. And I mean that in all seriousness. There is no one that comes close to him in his explanations.
Brilliant. I was organizing it by years. I will keep it for my folders because it eases managing backups, but I've reorganized my collections by thema. Much better. In fact I'm rediscovering pictures taken years ago. Thanks !
Thank you Scott! This is the best Lightroom organization video I have seen. It’s very easy to understand and will help me so much with my Lightroom work.
This video is amazing! I've been watching so many "workflow" videos and most of them are terrible or are super specific to their work. This workflow works for everyone and super clear and easy to understand. Thank you!
I've purchased Lightroom 2 months ago but was stuck with the initial step to understand how to import and organize the photos so never used thinking it's a big drama. Not any more!! this video is a life savior and a Gem 💎. [Full shoot >> Picks >> Selects] is a game changer. Thank you Scott for such a nicely crafted video. Didn't feel that it's a 1 hour video and your sense of humor is at its best. Loads of Love ❤
Great presentation. I have taken abourt 4 weeks to sort ALL my photos as per this approach. I feel in control of my digital library for the first time!!
Wow! I have used folders for years. Scott presented the best argument to use collections instead: photos are available in any module. Excellent presentation.
Just diving into Lightroom for the first time and this is THE BEST intro video online. Direct and to the point with all of the info you need to get started correctly! Thank you soooooo much for this!
Thank-you this was the best video and instruction on how to organize your photos. I've been struggling with this for about a year and I know feel focused and feel I can do this. Very helpful. 🙂
The most perfect introductory Lightroom course. You have given the best explanation of how to organize Lightroom. Thank you so much for clearing up all my doubts.
I guess that I have been waiting for this a long time. I follow many of the organisation step mentioned, but not the collection and even if I saw other presentations about it, it never made as much sense as in this video. Thanks.
Wow !!! Lightroom will never be looked upon by me, in the same way again. "We always do it that way" is a poster from one of my work places. I tells me how static people can be. Scott you're a Lightroom Legend.
Uber professional master of photos who shares insightful and critical wisdom all to the benefit of others!... Thank you, Scott, the video plus the pdf sets you apart from the rest...
This is brilliant. Thank you so much! I’ve started taking photos as a hobby and I was panicking about LR organization literally last night. Wasn’t even looking for videos about it just yet but then yours popped up on my feed and I’m so thankful for that 😊 To the people saying “don’t follow his advice for this or that”: please share your opinion without discrediting his beautiful video. If it doesn’t work for you, that’s great, stick to what you like and if you really want to share with others the way it works for you, there are ways of doing so without sounding condescending ☺️
Very helpful, thank you. I have one question, when you create a top level collection set (name of the shoot), when and how do they get moved into your main categories that you mentioned at the start of the lesson? I noticed that you can't move a collection set into another collection set. Cheers 👍
Hi Scott, Dude, its been awhile since we last spoke. I remember when LR first came out and we talked over the phone, LOL, many moons ago.. and after watching this, I just went in and deleted all my collections except for two, and will start over. In addition to that, I shared your post, and advised everyone to watch it. As usual, you re still taking me to school every time i watch one of your podcast or post.
Thanks Scott this is the shot I needed in the arm when it comes to organizing my photos in LRC. I can breath a whole lot better when it comes to organizing my photos using the method you have suggested.
I think this is really the most useful and practical, it so easy to error with a folder and not realise t ill after. I have got your point about, Categories…thank you!
This was an excellent video. I have been using LR for years, but in an unorganized manner & I finally decided that I would like to organize everything. This video was exactly what I needed. Good to know somethings I was good 😊 & what I need to improve on.
Brilliant - thank you Scott. I’m not a pro and maybe won’t use everything here but there are certain events I do for friends, or wildlife using bursts, there is so much I can use to make life easier using LRC and some of the functions/organisational methods you have described. 👍👏
This is excellent -- thank you! Only thing, and I have learned this is SO CRITICAL! Don't COPY your images from your card to your drive. CUT AND PASTE. You will never lose an image or wonder if you downloaded something by doing this! DO. NOT. COPY. you copy, you can never be sure that you actually off-loaded those images. thank you for this video! so helpful!
It's like everything in life, once you know, it's simple but first you need to know. Thanks to you Scott I now know how to organise in Lightroom. THANK YOU! 😃
Expert presentation delivered with humor and style - you are a gem and a true talent. 💓 Tried LR4 and gave up - preUA-cam where you can learn anything. BTW: I also said 2 star - 2 feet at home and love you gave the a tip xx
... and that said, I can't organize my folders by type of subject. Most of mine intersect because *I'm not a commercial photographer* . Landscape images taken on a family trip? Hmm, yeah. Family doing sports? The folders will stay organized by year, and I'll organize within Lr with Collections.
Thank You..Thank You Scott, I wish I had discovered this sooner! You have just helped me so much and taken away the frustration I have had learning Lightroom!
This was like getting a life saving emergency ring thrown to me when I had fallen overboard. And the presentation was not only important and to the point, but entertaining as well. Thank you Scott! I am off to buy a second new external hard drive and then connect it to the cloud.
Thank you so much, what a fantastic presentation! I must have watched hours and hours of videos, but in this one it all finally makes sense. It's so easy when you know how. All I have to do now is make my LRC look like that.
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Scott, Fantastic video, thank you for helping creating good habits with LR and organizing our images. I have a question regarding the external drive: which would you recommend…. A WD My Cloud external drive or just a regular non-cloud drive like the one in your video? Thank you in advance for your suggestion.
Great video indeed!
My images aren’t going into my collections, I don’t understand why
This is probably the most useful photography videos I've seen in the last 5 years
Glad to hear it, thanks for watching!
One of the most comprehensive videos I've ever seen about LRC Organization.
Where have you been all of my life as a photographer, Scott Kelby???!!!! 🤗This was the most thorough, helpful and easy to understand tutorial on Lightroom organization EVER! And your humor made it all the better. 😁After using Lightroom for 13+ years I feel like I can finally get a handle on my digital library. Thanks a million to YOU and to B&H for making this presentation free for us to watch.
I haven’t even downloaded Lightroom yet but I watched this entire video. Bravo for great organization tips!
You'll be starting off on the right foot then!
Probably the best lightroom video out there. A must watch.
Thank you B&H and Scott Kelby
Always struggled with organizing my photos, since I am a Lightroom Noob. This Talk is really good and truly teaches you the best practices. Also loved the dynamic of the whole talk by Scott Kelby, and his humor.
Scott always brings it.
This is so helpful. I have thousands of photos and this will take forever, but this really makes sense to me. Now I know what I'll be doing for the next few months. Thank you!
I am new to phtography and to Lightroom. I cannot imagine a more helpful hour of instruction, with awesome pdf handouts, than Scott Kirby's class in organizing Lightroom. Thank you Scott and B&H for bringing this to us. My worfflow is no longer a disaster.
I wish this hour was available years ago. Now its hours and hours and hours of work to get my catalogue organized.
Search everything he has presented. He is literally the guru of Adobe products for photographers. And I mean that in all seriousness. There is no one that comes close to him in his explanations.
Probably the best Lightroom organizational videos I have ever watched. Scoot Kelby makes everything so easy to follow along with. Brilliant.
There is no one like you Scott Kelby! Thanks for making this make sense!!!!
Thank you for posting this fantastic introductory Lightroom course. I am already seeing the results of an organized photo catalogue!!
The best guide to Lightroom organization. Thank you thank you!!!
We're glad you're finding it useful!
Scott you have no idea how grateful I am for this video thank you !!!!
he s a good teacher. even my mum could understand
WOW! Great educational video. The best ever. Thank you
Brilliant. I was organizing it by years. I will keep it for my folders because it eases managing backups, but I've reorganized my collections by thema. Much better. In fact I'm rediscovering pictures taken years ago. Thanks !
Just what one needs to keep things in order. Wish i had seen this earlier.
Thanks much
Incredible, Scott. Thank you so much.
This was incredibly helpful! Now I have a good system for organizing my photos. Thank you!
this is absolute gold, i'm starting using LRC and this video explained me everything i needed to do it the right way, simply thanks!
OMGawd! I finally understand this cataloging . Thank you so much Mr Scott Kelby !!!!
Much love to you Scott thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge. Keep on doing what you’re doing. It’s great thank you
Perfect presentation, knowledgable, concise and above all fun. Thank you Scott!
Glad it was helpful for you, thanks for watching!
Thank you Scott! This is the best Lightroom organization video I have seen. It’s very easy to understand and will help me so much with my Lightroom work.
This video is amazing! I've been watching so many "workflow" videos and most of them are terrible or are super specific to their work. This workflow works for everyone and super clear and easy to understand. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this video, for me this is the best video about organizing your lightroom. My workflow goes 10 times faster now!
Awesome Scott. This is exactly what I needed to organize Lightroom. Thank you!
I've purchased Lightroom 2 months ago but was stuck with the initial step to understand how to import and organize the photos so never used thinking it's a big drama. Not any more!! this video is a life savior and a Gem 💎. [Full shoot >> Picks >> Selects] is a game changer. Thank you Scott for such a nicely crafted video. Didn't feel that it's a 1 hour video and your sense of humor is at its best. Loads of Love ❤
Scott and B&H, this is absolute gold, incredible this is even free material. Hats off to you both!
We're glad that so many people find this presentation so helpful.
Excellent video, really appreciate this being uploaded!
Glad it was helpful!
Great presentation. I have taken abourt 4 weeks to sort ALL my photos as per this approach. I feel in control of my digital library for the first time!!
Yes, we love to hear that! Glad it was helpful for you.
Thank you!! I have a new laptop and spent the whole evening organizing collection sets/collections from folders. This was a HUGE help!
Glad this was helpful for you, thanks for watching!
This is one of your best videos since ever. Thanks B&H and thanks a lot Scott :)
Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!
Wow! I have used folders for years. Scott presented the best argument to use collections instead: photos are available in any module. Excellent presentation.
I wish I had the discipline to do exactly that. I think I'll watch this one again.
I cannot tell you how help this video has been. Thanks so much for posting this!
Scott Kelby is the Lightroom master.
Brilliant. Thankyou. I am about to set up my lightroom classic and feel a little more confident now,
I loveyou scott 😂 best presentation not just insightful but its hillarious thank youu ❤
Just diving into Lightroom for the first time and this is THE BEST intro video online. Direct and to the point with all of the info you need to get started correctly! Thank you soooooo much for this!
Thank-you this was the best video and instruction on how to organize your photos. I've been struggling with this for about a year and I know feel focused and feel I can do this. Very helpful. 🙂
Wow Scott, after many tries I finally have organization of my LR catalog! Thank you for your great presentation!
Glad this was helpful for you, thanks for watching!
The most perfect introductory Lightroom course. You have given the best explanation of how to organize Lightroom. Thank you so much for clearing up all my doubts.
This video is 10/10 - so good and valuable
How this has 382k views and only 8.7K thumbs up is abysmal. Thank you Scott Kelby, you saved me!
I watched this video. I downloaded the SLIM guide. I am from Cleveland and to the best of my knowledge I've never seen a hard drive die here :)
What a show man! Super informative and entertaining! Thanks!
I guess that I have been waiting for this a long time. I follow many of the organisation step mentioned, but not the collection and even if I saw other presentations about it, it never made as much sense as in this video. Thanks.
Wow !!! Lightroom will never be looked upon by me, in the same way again. "We always do it that way" is a poster from one of my work places. I tells me how static people can be. Scott you're a Lightroom Legend.
Glad you learned something new, thanks for watching!
Perfect timing! I'm literally spending my day doing this. Thank you!!
By far the best presentation I have seen or read on organising and managing your photos in LR and generally.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
By far the best LR organization video I've seen. Bar none. Thank you, thank you!
Glad we were here to help, thanks for watching!
Uber professional master of photos who shares insightful and critical wisdom all to the benefit of others!... Thank you, Scott, the video plus the pdf sets you apart from the rest...
This is brilliant. Thank you so much! I’ve started taking photos as a hobby and I was panicking about LR organization literally last night. Wasn’t even looking for videos about it just yet but then yours popped up on my feed and I’m so thankful for that 😊
To the people saying “don’t follow his advice for this or that”: please share your opinion without discrediting his beautiful video. If it doesn’t work for you, that’s great, stick to what you like and if you really want to share with others the way it works for you, there are ways of doing so without sounding condescending ☺️
This video saved my life lol. Seriously, my workflow has been so unorganized and this was soooo helpful. Thank you!!!
Very helpful, thank you. I have one question, when you create a top level collection set (name of the shoot), when and how do they get moved into your main categories that you mentioned at the start of the lesson? I noticed that you can't move a collection set into another collection set. Cheers 👍
One of the best explanation I've watched on LRC Management.
Glad this was helpful, thanks for watching!
Brilliant, just wish I had seen this video when it first came out, thank you so much Scott!
Thanks for watching!
Exactly what I needed to organize my photo storage confusion! Many thanks Scott.
Glad we're here to help you out, thanks for watching!
Hi Scott, Dude, its been awhile since we last spoke. I remember when LR first came out and we talked over the phone, LOL, many moons ago.. and after watching this, I just went in and deleted all my collections except for two, and will start over. In addition to that, I shared your post, and advised everyone to watch it. As usual, you re still taking me to school every time i watch one of your podcast or post.
You are a life saver!!!!!
Thanks Scott this is the shot I needed in the arm when it comes to organizing my photos in LRC. I can breath a whole lot better when it comes to organizing my photos using the method you have suggested.
Glad this was here to help you out, thanks for watching!
Fantastic your video, man. Congrats. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 the first one that I could understand.
Thank you Scott.
I think this is really the most useful and practical, it so easy to error with a folder and not realise t ill after. I have got your
point about, Categories…thank you!
You are simple the best Scott...
This was an excellent video. I have been using LR for years, but in an unorganized manner & I finally decided that I would like to organize everything. This video was exactly what I needed. Good to know somethings I was good 😊 & what I need to improve on.
Brilliant - thank you Scott. I’m not a pro and maybe won’t use everything here but there are certain events I do for friends, or wildlife using bursts, there is so much I can use to make life easier using LRC and some of the functions/organisational methods you have described. 👍👏
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
Scott,
I will use this video as a reference as you did a great job explaining when, why and how to organize my photos in LRc.
Glad it was helpful for you, thanks for watching!
Wonderful video, thank you so much. It works 'out of the box' - for all the photo amateurs who want to really uprise their skill level.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
Man did I need this! Hugh Thanks Scott..and B&H!
Glad we got the right video to help you out.
This is excellent -- thank you! Only thing, and I have learned this is SO CRITICAL! Don't COPY your images from your card to your drive. CUT AND PASTE. You will never lose an image or wonder if you downloaded something by doing this! DO. NOT. COPY. you copy, you can never be sure that you actually off-loaded those images. thank you for this video! so helpful!
Amazing Scott. I will absolute change some in my workflow.
It's like everything in life, once you know, it's simple but first you need to know. Thanks to you Scott I now know how to organise in Lightroom. THANK YOU! 😃
Expert presentation delivered with humor and style - you are a gem and a true talent. 💓 Tried LR4 and gave up - preUA-cam where you can learn anything. BTW: I also said 2 star - 2 feet at home and love you gave the a tip xx
Excellent tips, great talk!
Glad it was helpful, thanks for watching!
Very Well Done!!!!
Thanks for the useful tips!
Quite the most useful video on Lightroom
Thank You!!!!!
Outstanding and essential. No refund necessary-this was brilliant!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
This will change my life. 23 years of photos by date 😂😂. B think it will be worth it. Thank you so much. Love your tutorials x
Glad this video was able to help you out, thanks for watching!
I have watched the organizing section 3 times now. Awesomeness!!!! THANK YOU!!!! I no longer have anxiety by staring at my library!!
Glad Scott's presentation was able to help you out! Thanks for watching.
great one. thanks a ton!
Really great video! You're right! I really learned everything I needed to know. Bye bye folders!
Thank you😊
Used LrC so long with the date thing, your style with named collections is so helpful, thx a lot!
When I saw the example of the folders organized by date, I died a little inside. Great presentation!
... and that said, I can't organize my folders by type of subject. Most of mine intersect because *I'm not a commercial photographer* . Landscape images taken on a family trip? Hmm, yeah. Family doing sports?
The folders will stay organized by year, and I'll organize within Lr with Collections.
Thank You..Thank You Scott, I wish I had discovered this sooner! You have just helped me so much and taken away the frustration I have had learning Lightroom!
This was like getting a life saving emergency ring thrown to me when I had fallen overboard. And the presentation was not only important and to the point, but entertaining as well. Thank you Scott! I am off to buy a second new external hard drive and then connect it to the cloud.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much, what a fantastic presentation! I must have watched hours and hours of videos, but in this one it all finally makes sense. It's so easy when you know how. All I have to do now is make my LRC look like that.
Glad it was helpful, thanks for watching!
Best speaker ever!!
Thanks for watching!!
Thank you so much Scott, that video is just great. It was fun and informative and I learned really lots of useful stuff for LrC organisation
Glad you found it helpful, thanks for watching!
Thanks! I really needed this!
Glad it was helpful for you!
Brilliant! Now I have a lot of work to do :)
fantastic video !
Glad this was helpful for you!
Thank you so much for the great presentation, I learned al lot from it and started to implement, it is really simple and perfect system
Glad you learn something new, thanks for watching!
I learnt soooooo much. Thank you