Topic: Keywords - your workflow (Read 2929 times)

to-mas · « **on:** November 29, 2006, 10:51:48 am »

Hello,
I would like to start using keywords finaly. But before I start I would like to set the basic groups of keywords and find a good workflow.
That's why I would like to ask you about your technique.
What do you describe with keywords? Every single member of the family from the family shot? Every object (car, house, etc) ?
I know I will need to have the basic (place, camera, FAMILY or WORK or ART,) but I am not sure how far I should go.
Mostly I am pretty sure nobody else will use my keywords. I am working as a press photographer and after I send my photos from action nobody from work will ever ask me for more.

thank you for your comments.

jani · « **Reply #1 on:** November 29, 2006, 02:46:15 pm »

I usuall use keywords for what kind of photography it is (landscape, street, architecture, ...), the name of the location, and such very general terms. These I add to all pictures in the shoot.

Then I may shot-specific keywords, but that happens more at whim. "swimming dog", "rocks,sea", etc.

Roy · « **Reply #2 on:** November 29, 2006, 03:51:16 pm »

A good place to start reading:
http://controlledvocabulary.com/imagedatabases/index.html

Tools to consider for your workflow: iview, imatch (windows only) or the Lightroom beta. They make it easy to add keywords from a fixed list. You can do it from Adobe Bridge, but Bridge is slow.

to-mas · « **Reply #3 on:** November 30, 2006, 07:17:42 am »

thank you both.
i will check it.
i will try some of that appz (not lightroom)
thanks again

to-mas · « **Reply #4 on:** November 30, 2006, 08:28:10 am »

so far i found bridge is the best for me.
I dont like that imatch and iview are making own database.
Bridge is storing keywords in to xmp files with raw or in jpeg so i can use other appz to search for files.

Roy · « **Reply #5 on:** November 30, 2006, 01:37:30 pm »

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so far i found bridge is the best for me.
I dont like that imatch and iview are making own database.
Bridge is storing keywords in to xmp files with raw or in jpeg so i can use other appz to search for files.
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iview, imatch and Lightroom can all be set up to write metadata (including keywords) back into the files so that they are accessible to other applications.

Roy

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