Photo keywording concepts: stuff to consider before you keyword

Keywording your photos isn't as easy as it looks. Before you start, there are a bunch of considerations to ponder and, unfortunately, few black and white rules.

This video discusses the tradeoffs you'll need to think through before you whip up a controlled keyword vocabulary and have at it.

Watch the video. Read the companion blog post at https://www.carlseibert.com/keywordin... (It's long. Sorry. Gotta be that way.) Then make a simple plan, start building your keyword list, and you'll be able to keyword effectively and easily.

Upcoming videos and posts will be HOW-TOs, with step-by-step instructions on the mechanics of keywording in the software you'll probably be using. We'll start with Photo Mechanic, and move on to Lightroom later.