The Right Way to Set Up Your Lightroom Catalog For The New Year

This is just a friendly reminder that if you create a new Lightroom catalog for each working year (and I recommend that you do) then it's probably a good day to do that. I can't tell you how many years I had the new year's shoots imported in the previous year's catalog simply because I forgot to make a new one. Enjoy! Chapters 00:00 Setting up a New Lightroom Catalog 01:26 Using a Master Epic Catalog 02:19 Optimizing Performance in Lightroom 03:47 Configuring Preferences and Settings 05:06 Catalog Settings for File Handling 06:00 Metadata and Backup Options 07:09 Customizing the Lightroom Interface 08:03 Importing and Renaming Files 09:24 Organizing Images with Keywords 10:19 Exporting and Backing Up Files 11:46 Using the PickTime Plugin 12:39 Working in the Library and Develop Modules My entire image workflow including local/cloud backup, optimizations for speed, and more ► https://www.patreon.com/posts/my-entire-image-78131577 Instagram ► https://instagram.com/iamthesam DVLOP Workshop & Presets for Wedding & Portrait Photographers ► https://www.samhurdphotography.com/presets Subscribe: ► https://youtube.com/c/SamHurdPhoto Website: ► http://samhurdphotography.com ► https://fb.com/samhurdphotography