categories and sub-cats... how should I organize?

PeterLyonsPeterLyons Registered Users Posts: 158 Major grins
edited November 28, 2007 in SmugMug Pro Sales Support
If anyone has any suggestions on what kinds of categories and subcategories work best for event photography, I'd love to hear about it. I do a few different kinds of shoots. Regattas, private yachts, and... let's call all the rest "miscellaneous". I have too much in each category already, so I'm wondering how to subcategorize in a meaningful way. Maybe by date range? What works for the rest of you?

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  • bhambham Registered Users Posts: 1,303 Major grins
    edited November 28, 2007
    I looked at your site to try and get an idea of your current structure and a better idea of what is there, etc.

    First I think you have entirely to many galleries on the homepage. It goes on forever.

    Maybe a category of Boats, a sub category of the year, then organize alphabetically by name of boat. ie Boats>2006>boat name

    Or a category of Boats, a sub category of month& year, then organize by name of boat (alphabetically) or date of pics with the event name or location. ie Boats>Jan2006>boat name, or Boats>Jan2006>Jan4th-Racename.

    I did see where you put a gallery of windsurfers & kiteboarders under boats, when you have a category or kiteboarding. I think that could be reorganized.

    Not sure if I would have a category called private yachts, aren't they all. Maybe work for hire, or you could just put them under boats as well.
    "A photo is like a hamburger. You can get one from McDonalds for $1, one from Chili's for $5, or one from Ruth's Chris for $15. You usually get what you pay for, but don't expect a Ruth's Chris burger at a McDonalds price, if you want that, go cook it yourself." - me
  • PeterLyonsPeterLyons Registered Users Posts: 158 Major grins
    edited November 28, 2007
    Thanks Bham-

    Yeah, there's lots of room for improvement. I believe I'll go with the subcategories by date range. I shoot too much to ever get them all sorted by boat name; that only happens when the shoot is only for that one boat. When I cover a regatta, I rarely ever get the keywording caught up.

    The kiteboarding category is new--so I'll have a place for those events.

    And the private yacht category is as opposed to regattas. You're right, they're all private yachts. It's just, again, that when I shoot a regatta, I'm covering an event. If I'm hired to shoot one boat, or do it on spec, I spend some amount of time on just that one, so then it's easy to keep it apart from the others.

    I appreciate your feedback!
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