Kitchens and Creative Flow
By kaylal on in Blog, Creative Flow, Digital Photo Workflow with 2 Comments
So how does a kitchen relate to Creative Flow? Kitchens are a lot like computers and digital files – the work we do centered around our kitchens requires flow:
Planning meals
Shopping for food
Storing food
Prepping
Chopping
Grating
Searing
Simmering
Serving
Clearing
Washing
Cleaning
It all is a process. The tools we use along the way helps us accomplish flow. To many tools encumbers the process. Inefficient tools frustrate results.
The right tools, the right process, eliminating the unnecessary – all add up to an experience in the kitchen.
It’s the same with your photo library. The right software, organizing they way your mind works, eliminating the unnecessary or simplifying the depth of your organizing efforts for a season – all add up to create flow.
There’s nothing like walking into a clean kitchen where you can find everything you need to prepare a sumptuous meal to enjoy with those you love.
Even though it’s a LOT more work – I would say that there’s also nothing like opening a curated digital photo library where you can quickly find what you need & want, giving you more time to share stories about the memories closest to your heart.
Hi Kayla – I’m using LR 4 now, it transitioned so easily from LR 3. Anyway, my comment and question is this: I’m an avid scrapbooker/curator. What I’m doing right now is just dragging my photos that I want to scrap from windows right into Photoshop, doing my layout, bang, done.
BUT, how would be the best way considering my Lightroom organization to mark the photos that I’ve already used in my layouts so I won’t grab the same ones over and over. I really have a hard time sometimes knowing if I’ve already scrapped certain photos or not. KWIM?
And BTW, I loved this post! Ain’t it the truth??
Right click on the photo thumbnail inside Lightroom then edit in PS or PSE. That way all the changes you make are saved in Lightroom for photo edits.
Create a keyword for scrapped and apply in Lightroom to every photo you scrapbook.