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Articles to organize, document, and transmit image collections without losing the context that gives them value.

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Metadata

12 Details to Keep So a Photo Series Still Makes Sense in 20 Years

documentation, IPTC, series

A directly usable checklist of the fields that separate a documented series from a batch of orphan images.

Metadata

thesaurus, keywords, controlled vocabulary

Build a controlled vocabulary without becoming an archivist, and without drowning your photo library in inconsistent keywords.

Migration

Lightroom, curation, collections

Element by element, what can really be brought over from a Lightroom catalog, and where the limits are.

Formats

RAW, TIFF, derivatives

RAW, JPEG, TIFF, exports, sidecars, a nuanced answer to a real photographer's question, with a decision matrix.

Preservation

corruption, checksum, fixity

Silent corruption, checksums, format validation, and fixity audits, explained without jargon.

Philosophy

local-first, cloud, on-device AI

Why your originals shouldn't depend on an online service, and where the cloud still has its place.

Migration

Lightroom, migration, catalog

How to preserve ratings, keywords, collections, virtual copies, and develop history.

Method

documentation, series, metadata

A method for keeping authorship, intent, location, rights, and relationships readable.

Preservation

archive, integrity, backup

A practical approach to inventories, checksums, signatures, copies, and restore.