If you have decided on a digital workflow, does the folder structure for the entire photographic works, a major role.
First of all, it is important to be aware about it, where all imported and archived photographs to be stored.
It needs a lot of memory. If you have a ten megapixel camera uses a RAW photography about ten MB per photo. This means that you need with ten photos hundred MB and 100 photographs are already a gigabyte.
As you see, so you need a fairly large hard drive, if you shoot a lot. I recommend a hard drive with 150 to 300 gigabytes, to manage the current archive on your computer.
Figure 1.1 My current Lightroom folder has a file size of 18.8 gigabytes.
this, I must say that the number of my photographs shot at about 300 to 400 photographs (per year) is limited. Other photographs probably double, and keep all the photos, while I delete a lot of photographs.
Unless, therefore, enhance my image bank should have more (which is indeed the case), I am the oldest year of the archive back up (in my case 2006) to another hard disk or blank DVD.
Figure 1 2 Here you see the years 2006 to 2010 and the number of the respective photographers. The 2007 folder contains about twice the number of photos taken, as all photographs as both RAW and saved as TIFF were.
addition to the location and size of the hard disk, the folder structure, an important component in the digital Work.
There is probably nothing worse than an ambitious photographer, than not knowing where to find all the photographs (and / or master files) on the system. Believe me, at the latest when you create a back-ups or when a hard drive crashes, you will remember these lines. In order to obtain a usable
folder structure, there are several possibilities:
Some photographers create a top folder in the folder includes all years (2006, 2007 etc.). This folder is then the so-called "Save Folder" (Backup folder). This folder will have the same size as a DVD blank (usually 4.7 gigabytes or Double Layer 8.5 Gigabytes). These are then provided over the years and a serial number (see Figure 1.1). Save in this folder are the so called "Event" folder. These include the beginning date, then the particular type of camera (if you use multiple cameras in handy) and the respective event (event, or shooting) the whole looks like this: "20070703_400D1_Mecklenburg. In this event folder then all the photographs, as well as the final documentation of the individual files. The photo data both with the date, camera type and provided with a serial No. (070703_400D1_334.CR2). So it is with this file to the 334th Photos that at 03.07.2007 was made with the Canon EOS 400D.
Figure 1.3 Here's the first way to create a folder structure. In the folder nature photography is that year (2007) and a save folder, which is as large as the respective medium (DVD) and is the last folder, the Events folder is included which contains all the photographs.
is to create a folder structure Another possibility is if there are two folders that are located in the upper folder (such as photographs or nature photographs). Thus, the event is stored (in our example, "Mecklenburg") twice. First, as a RAW folder (Mecklenburg-RAW) and the other folder as a TIFF (Mecklenburg-TIFF). Tiff in the folder are all finished editing photographs inside. If you want to play it safe, you can create all newly imported master files in a separate folder (for example, Mecklenburg-MASTER). This folder you can easily back up on a second hard disk.
are in that folder then all RAW and TIFF files. These have the following file names: They start with my name abbreviation MB. This is followed by the year 07 and then the number of the photograph, into four figures. It means 334th Photo in 2007 MB070334.CR2 MB070334.TIF or after the RAW file was processed.
see Figure 1.4 Here You create another option, a folder structure. Nature Photography in the folder are three folders containing all one event. The Mecklenburg-MASTER-folder contains all newly imported photos that you can quickly back up on a second hard disk or blank DVD. The Mecklenburg-RAW folder containing the RAW photos, they are working on the last folder and Mecklenburg-TIFF, includes all the finished photographs in TIFF format.
course, you can use a folder structure that is appropriate for your workflow best. As a small suggestion I put to you now, before a final opportunity to create a folder structure. This represents my own folder structure. As you will see, this is not too large, as the first and not as disorganized as the second.
My own folder structure looks like this: In the folder
nature photography are all years included 2006 to 2010. Within this, the twelve months of the year. So that they appear in the correct order, I have placed before the respective month, the corresponding number. Thus, the January folder "01 January" and the December folder "12 December" has. This month's folder, I then that day as a folder. In this case 2007-07-03. There are then the RAW files in the RAW folder and also the completed photos are now in the TIFF folder. In the particular format folder then all photographs are included that day. As the second example starts the file name to a photo file with my code MB. This is followed by the date and serial number of the photo, the four figures. That's the name of the RAW file in our example MB070334.CR2 and finished TIFF file MB070334.TIF.
Figure 1.5 Here's my folder structure used. In the folder are nature photography, the years (2006 to 2010) and all months. Then in the month is the date. In the date folder then the original RAW files and the finished TIFF files, and documentation of the photo (XMP).
I hope I could give you some useful tips to eliminate the Photographic chaos and bring closer to your work, useful folder structure.
I wish you much joy in nature and the digital work.
, Martin Beschorner
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