Starting using Lightroom for 1st time. Advice please

[Magic_x_uk]

Lightroom set up, new user. Advice please

Hi. I plan this weekend to sort out all my photo's that I have on my Hard Drive.
I am slowly getting into photography and would like to know the best way to organize my photos etc and use Lightroom.

My Photo's (as well as full Back up on ext HD) are organised as follows.

(D) Drive -----> My Pictures ------>Then Folders for each year.

Within those folders I have Folders called the following: Pets / Christmas / Motorbike / Golf / Geoff Bloggs visit etc


Hope someone can shed some light on it for me. Thank you

 

[Magic_x_uk]

Ok, I have now imported all my photos (as above) from D drive. A few thousand photos I believe.

I will go through them slowly (will take a while). Name them (is that best?) Or just add 'words' to the metadat field?

But what is the Export button for ?

Also when I add NEW photo's that for example I take today, I usually just add them to the current year folder & particular catergory. Do I have to them 'import' all the photos again or what.


Some basic help would be great please people.

Thank you.