# Personal SOP to Organize Photos ## Metadata **Status**:: #x **Zettel**:: #zettel/permanent **Created**:: [[2022-10-21]] **Related**:: [[Photos Filing System]] **Tags**:: #starred ## Diary ### Phone - Backup to aDrive - Download and import into Lightroom Classic and tag the source #published/adrive ### Apple Photos - Edit before exporting - Export to Lightroom Classic and tag the source #published/apple ### Lightroom - Export photos not tagged #published/apple back to Apple Photos and tag them. ## Events - Create a Collection Set in Lightroom for the event. - Export photos from Cameras and Android phones to Lightroom. - Create a folder and an album inside the folder for photos in Apple. Export them to Lightroom as well. - Edit photos using Lightroom and Luminar NEO - Export selects back to Apple Photos in a new album in the folder. ## Lightroom Import Settings - Rename Files: YYMM - Session - Image `####` - Extension: lowercase - Into Subfolder: YYYY/YYYY-MM/YYYY-MM-DD - Inside `Event / Capture / {Device}` - Keyword #published/apple ### For Files Missing Capture Date - Import and keep original folder structure - Manually edit the capture time - Batch rename using F2 and move files to correct folder. ## Backup - Use LaCieP to store masters - Use Robocopy to backup masters to NAS - Backup the copy in NAS to AWS Glacier ## Apps - [[Lightroom]] - [[Luminar NEO]] - [[SnapMotion]] gets snapshots from videos - [[MetaImage]] adds Geo information.