My Photography Organization Process

  • Import photos using Lightroom. Import into local Pictures/YYYY/MM directories
  • Rate and develop photos in Lightroom.
  • Drag finished photos or photos above 3 stars from last import into the ‘rated-for-albums’ publish location, then click Publish (only when on local network with diskstation)
    • diskstation runs the organize script on that folder every hour
    • puts photos in my DS PhotoStation albums
  • choose some of my favorite photos to be sent to flickr photostream for sharing
  • every month or two move all photos from local Pictures/YYYY directory onto an external harddrive.