Keywording at Light Speed – Part III

Posted by Eric Leszkowicz on Feb 4, 2009 in Blog, Keywords | 0 comments

The use of keywords sets Lightroom up to use its power as a database. If you don’t enter keywords, they only way you can get to the images is to click on the date – there is a better way. Use keywords.

This is post three that I have been discussing this. I will be honest. I sat down to type a simple post about how to apply keywords using the keywords suggestion panel and then I realized how many different ways that I apply keywords to images.

So here we are – post three.

Today’s method is for all the wedding photographers out there. Weddings in Lightroom are made for those who love to organize things. In other words, my wife. She is very good at keywording weddings. Think about how many things that could be labeled in Lightroom. You could label before the ceremony, ceremony, reception, rings, flowers, each venue, each church. . . You get the idea.

Lightroom 2 has both a suggested list of keywords and a customizable set of keywords. This topic is tricky enough that we need to take a look at a video.

When to Use: This is perfect for using to apply a huge variety of keywords to a set of images, large or small.

Sample Use: As I mentioned above, keywording weddings is my primary use of these panels. However, I do have a family database of images and I use these panels to keyword my family images.

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