It’s a good idea to organize your photo library BEFORE you start building your Lightroom catalog. It is important that…
Theresa JacksonMarch 2, 2015
![icons of my hard drives](https://orchardviewcolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Drives.jpg)
Your photos can be on any mountable drive with read & write permissions. They can't be on a thumb or…
Theresa JacksonFebruary 19, 2015
![Lightroom Folders view](https://orchardviewcolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Library-folders.jpg)
Your photos are where you put them before importing into Lightroom with the "add" method, or where Lightroom put them…
Theresa JacksonDecember 1, 2014
![Adobe Bridge equals night vision goggles](https://orchardviewcolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Bridge-goggles.jpg)
No it doesn't.Bridge doesn’t have a brain.Bridge is a great pair of eyes wearing night vision goggles. Bridge sees things…
Theresa JacksonNovember 21, 2014
![rename lightroom catalog](https://orchardviewcolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RenameLR.jpg)
Yes you can rename your catalog, but it requires renaming several items.Quit out of LightroomRename the catalog folder, and everything…
Theresa JacksonNovember 20, 2014
![how to move a Lightroom Catalog](https://orchardviewcolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/MoveLR.jpg)
Moving your catalog could be a good thing.Although your catalog is just a brain, and not a bucket, it can…
Theresa JacksonNovember 19, 2014
![Lightroom Catalog Settings](https://orchardviewcolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/CatalogSettings.jpg)
The very first time you launch the Lightroom application, a catalog is automatically created in your Pictures folder. The catalog…
Theresa JacksonNovember 18, 2014
![Lightroom is a Brain](https://orchardviewcolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/LR-brain.jpg)
A Lightroom catalog is a brain. Every time you add something to your Catalog you teach it something new.
Theresa JacksonNovember 17, 2014