Workflow Xll

Keywords.

The most important link in archiving and finding images are keywords. That is when you put tags or describing words to the image. Even though you can in a dataabase look up images by just about any thing, keywords ar just about as important as description if not more so. It is much easier to find images by keywords thatn by caption as the caption does not neccesary have the same keywords to look for. There for it is not nessecary that you will have words like bright summer day in a description of an image you are looking for. On the otherhand if the image has these keywords you could search for bright+summer+day+Reykjavik and thus get all images taken on a bright summer day in Reykjavik.

If you are not quit sure on how you are going to organize your keywords it is good to take a look at the IPTC subject code. Even if you do not use but the main subject codes all search is going to be so much easier.

It is different between software how wll organized your keywords can be. You can do it in Lightrom with ease and highly effective. So effective in fact that you will only have to put in one keyword and automatically there will be put 10 others. for that to work you will have to give the keywords a good thought and organize them well.

once again I would like to point out the IPTC subject code. If you use that system you will have highly organized keywords that are according to international standards.

The subject codes can be found at www.iptc.org

Here is a list of the major subjects which is necessary to keep in mind when you start making all your keywords. If you want to be really good you put all this list into software like Lightroom and make your life a lot simpler.

01000000 arts, culture and entertainment
Matters pertaining to the advancement and refinement of the human mind, of interests, skills, tastes and emotions

02000000 crime, law and justice
Establishment and/or statement of the rules of behaviour in society, the enforcement of these rules, breaches of the rules and the punishment of offenders. Organizations and bodies involved in these activities.

03000000 disaster and accident
Man made and natural events resulting in loss of life or injury to living creatures and/or damage to inanimate objects or property.

04000000 economy, business and finance
All matters concerning the planning, production and exchange of wealth.

05000000 education
All aspects of furthering knowledge of human individuals from birth to death.

06000000 environmental issue
All aspects of protection, damage, and condition of the ecosystem of the planet earth and its surroundings.

07000000 health
All aspects pertaining to the physical and mental welfare of human beings.

08000000 human interest
Lighter items about individuals, groups, animals or objects.

09000000 labour
Social aspects, organizations, rules and conditions affecting the employment of human effort for the generation of wealth or provision of services and the economic support of the unemployed.

10000000 lifestyle and leisure
Activities undertaken for pleasure, relaxation or recreation outside paid employment, including eating and travel.

11000000 politics
Local, regional, national and international exercise of power, or struggle for power, and the relationships between governing bodies and states.

12000000 religion and belief
All aspects of human existence involving theology, philosophy, ethics and spirituality.

13000000 science and technology
All aspects pertaining to human understanding of nature and the physical world and the development and application of this knowledge

14000000 social issue
Aspects of the behaviour of humans affecting the quality of life.

15000000 sport
Competitive exercise involving physical effort. Organizations and bodies involved in these activities.

16000000 unrest, conflicts and war
Acts of socially or politically motivated protest and/or violence.

17000000 weather
The study, reporting and prediction of meteorological phenomena.

Now you should be ready to rock and roll.