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Make Your Photo Workflow Work For You

Spend less time managing photos, and more time creating them. Build a simple, organised photography workflow and learn how to import, cull, organise, find, store and protect your images with confidence.

2 HOURS of video tuition

Self-paced learning

Lifetime access

NZD $49 ($99)

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Is this course for you?

The more you photograph, the easier it is for thousands of images to pile up across folders, drives and catalogues. If finding a particular photo takes forever, you’re running out of storage or you’re never quite sure whether everything is safely backed up, it’s time for a better system.

YOUR PHOTO LIBRARY IS OVERWHELMING

You have thousands of images but struggle to keep on top of culling, organising and deciding what should stay and what should go.

YOU CAN’T ALWAYS FIND WHAT YOU NEED

Your images are there somewhere - but inconsistent folders, ratings, keywords and collections make finding them harder than it should be.

YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOUR PHOTOS

Your images are spread across drives and you're not confident you have a simple, reliable system to keep everything organised and protected.

What you'll learn

Create a practical workflow that makes it easier to manage, organise, find and protect your growing photo library.

IMPORT

Learn best practices for importing, folder structures, Smart Previews and metadata so your images are organised properly from the start.

CULL

Use ratings, flags, colour labels and practical culling techniques to quickly identify your strongest images and reduce unnecessary files.

ORGANISE

Use folders, Collections, Smart Collections, stacking and consistent structures to keep even a large image library manageable.

FIND

Use keywords, titles, captions, metadata and Lightroom's powerful filtering tools to quickly locate the images you're looking for.

SYNC

Learn how Lightroom Classic and Mobile work together, how to choose what syncs and how to access and edit images away from your computer.

PROTECT

Understand SSDs, NAS and cloud storage, and how to create a safer, more automated approach to protecting your photo library.

Learn from an experienced photographer & educator

I'm Meghan Maloney, an award-winning New Zealand landscape photographer, Sony Digital Imaging Ambassador and photography educator. I've spent years photographing landscapes across New Zealand and around the world, and I bring that real-world experience into every lesson I teach.

My courses focus on practical techniques you can actually use in the field and at home - helping you understand not just what to do, but why you're doing it.

AWARD-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER

SONY DIGITAL IMAGING AMBASSADOR

EXPERIENCED PHOTOGRAPHY EDUCATOR

Course Curriculum

    • Best practices for importing your photos

    • Creating a consistent folder structure

    • Importing directly through Lightroom

    • Avoiding duplicate imports

    • Adding metadata on import

    • When to cull before importing

    • Creating Smart Previews

    • In-camera ratings

    • Photo Mechanic for high-volume shoots

    • Lightroom's star rating system

    • Flags and colour labels

    • Creating your own rating system

    • Quickly moving through large shoots

    • Creating manageable culling goals

    • Lightroom folders

    • Collections, Collection Sets & Smart Collections

    • Using images in multiple Collections

    • Stacking related images

    • Building a structure that works for you

    • Adding searchable text to images

    • File naming, titles, captions

    • Keywords

    • Filtering - text, attribute, metadata

    • Turning filters into Smart Collections

    • Using your metadata to understand how you shoot

    • Syncing Lightroom Classic with Lightroom Mobile

    • Choosing which Collections to sync

    • Editing away from your computer

    • Understanding two-way sync

    • Single vs multiple Lightroom catalogues

    • Using temporary travel catalogues

    • Merging catalogues

    • Moving images between drives

    • Creating one source of truth

    • SSD, NAS & cloud storage

    • Backup strategies

    • Remote access

    • Planning for future storage needs

    • Building automation into your workflow

“Meghan covered the Lightroom Workflow and Storage topic in a clear and logical manner. She is a very good presenter.”

Hugh Harrison, Make Your Photo Workflow Work For You

Course FAQs

  • After purchasing, you'll receive an email from me with everything you need to access your course online. You can then log in and work through the lessons whenever it suits you.

  • You’ll have lifetime access to the course, so there’s no deadline to complete it. You can work through the lessons at your own pace and return to them whenever you’d like a refresher.

  • This course is ideal for photographers whose growing photo library is becoming difficult to manage, whether you're starting to build a better workflow or already have thousands of images that need organising.

  • Much of the course focuses on Lightroom Classic because it provides the Library, catalogue, filtering, Collections and organisational tools demonstrated throughout the course.

  • Yes. You'll learn practical ways to tackle an existing backlog in manageable chunks, use ratings and filters to identify what you want to keep and create a more consistent structure going forward.

  • Yes. The course explores SSDs, NAS and cloud storage, backup strategies and automation so you can make informed decisions about how to store and protect your photographs.

  • Yes. You'll learn how to choose which Collections sync to Lightroom Mobile and how the two-way connection allows you to access and edit selected images away from your main computer.

Ready to take control of your photo library?

Build a simpler, more organised workflow that makes your images easier to manage, easier to find and safer to store..

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NZD $49 ($99)

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