Lightroom Classic Workflow and Organization Like a Pro

Learn the first method for importing in Lightroom Classic, moving photos from the SD card to an external drive, then importing into Lightroom with include subfolders, and understand catalogs.

Use a single Lightroom Classic catalog and organize with collections to create themed divisions; avoid multiple catalogs except for rare cases like course sets or client printing.

Continue with your existing catalog to import photos from an external hard disk, including subfolders, and view how folders mirror your drive while learning the difference between folders and collections.

Learn the advanced Lightroom Classic import method that copies from the SD card to an external drive while importing into Lightroom, with shoot folder naming like Sneha shoot.

Back up the Lightroom catalog to protect your edits, metadata, and keywords, choose a backup frequency, and store backups on a separate external drive for safe recovery.

Create a new Lightroom catalog via file > new catalog, name it, and choose a storage location; Lightroom opens empty, while you back up key folders like portraits.

Learn why you should avoid folders in Lightroom Classic, as they map to your drive and can delete from disk; use collections for non-destructive organization and mobile syncing.

Learn how collections replace folders for flexible organization in Lightroom Classic. Create collections and collection sets, like animals, and enjoy no duplicates and mobile sync.

Cull photos in Lightroom by creating collections, marking picks with P, applying flagged filters, and organizing rough selects into collection sets for a streamlined shoot edit.

Learn to cull photos in Lightroom by rating picks with five stars, filter by rating, and create a Final Selects collection inside a collection set for efficient editing.

Learn Lightroom Classic editing workflow settings: move from library to develop, sync or copy settings across shots, and save looks as presets for future shoots.

Open Photoshop from Lightroom to edit with edits intact, use AI features like generative fill and sky replacement, then save and return to Lightroom to continue your workflow.

Create a target collection in Lightroom, name it Kush portfolio, and use the B key to quickly add edited shots to your portfolio.