lightroom photo keywords

Steve_ski

I have been reading and watching tutorials about Lightroom and Bridge (along with various workflow topics) and still , i am at a loss as to how to assign keywords. I don't mean the actual function of adding key words. I am talking about what kind of keywords to use. It seems to me that a great amount of different keywords would be almost as overwhelming as a great number of descriptive file names.
Maybe I'm just dense, but, I was hoping some of you might share some of your keyword stratagies with me so I could get my own stratagy mapped and off of first base.

caroline

Steve_ski wrote:

I have been reading and watching tutorials about Lightroom and Bridge (along with various workflow topics) and still , i am at a loss as to how to assign keywords. I don't mean the actual function of adding key words. I am talking about what kind of keywords to use. It seems to me that a great amount of different keywords would be almost as overwhelming as a great number of descriptive file names.
Maybe I'm just dense, but, I was hoping some of you might share some of your keyword stratagies with me so I could get my own stratagy mapped and off of first base.

This might help you get started :-
http://www.riches.com.au/choosing-keywords.htm

Caroline

BinaryFx

Here are a couple of links to image keywording and associated metadata:

http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/imagedatabases/iptc_naa.html

http://www.iptc.org/IPTC4XMP/

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx/links.html#M

This is not exactly what you are looking for, but closer... I will see what I can dig up later if a better solution has not been offered.

EDIT:

http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/metalogging/ck_guidelines.html

http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/metalogging/keywording.html

http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/imagedatabases/cvkc_order.html A large catalogue of keywords for sale, a LR1.1 version is available.


Regards,

Stephen Marsh.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx

Steve_ski

WOW!!! There appears to be quite a bit of info I had not discovered.
Thanks for your help.:ivar