The long answer, then, is your photos are stored wherever you told the computer to store them. Lightroom simply “points” to that photo in the program. To find where that is, you can right click on any photo within Lightroom (Option Click for you Mac lovers). Then choose “Show in Explorer.” You’ll see where that specific folder was located .
This begs the inquiry “Where are my Lightroom photos stored?”
While Lightroom does not store your wedding photos within its software or on a Cloud drive that is supported by the software, it does allow you to decide where you want to store your photos. Lightroom is all about flexibility, customization, and personal preferences, which is perfect for you in your wedding photography workflow.
If you want your photos saved to your laptop or desktop computer, Lightroom allows you to save them directly to your hard drive. Simply choose this option when importing your files into Lightroom. You can save space on all your devices by saving your files to your Cloud account.
It’s possible to create folders from within the Import dialog, but for simplicity, use Windows Explorer (Windows) / Finder (Mac) to create the Lightroom Photos folder in the Pictures folder. Now open the Import dialog and we’ll navigate to that Lightroom Photos folder.
What happens to my photos when I import them into Lightroom?
When you import your photos into Lightroom, you have the option to save them on your device instead of saving them to the USB, hard drive, or Cloud drive. This allows you to manage the space on your computer’s hard drive and keep your photos on your camera.
Allows the import dialog box to open automatically after connecting a camera or memory card reader to your computer. Opens the completed import in a collection when the import process finishes.
In the Finder’s System Preferences go to Security and Privacy. M ake sure that all the boxes are checked under Lightroom Classic, giving it permission to access your drives, files, and folders. Unable to add images to a collection (LR Classic 10.0) It’s not uncommon for updates to have a few issues.
The most common reason Lightroom can’t import your photos is that it believes the files are already imported. When this happens, certain files will appear greyed out and cannot be imported into the catalog. To fix this, go to File Handling and uncheck the “Don’t Import Suspected Duplicates” option.
If Lightroom can’t read the RAW files, odds are your new camera’s RAW format isn’t supported yet. But don’t despair. Camera manufacturers know this and will usually provide free software that lets you edit your RAW photos. For example, if you just bought the Nikon Z6ii, you can use Nikon’s native software to edit.
What lightroom do I have?
The easiest way to figure out which Lightroom version you’re currently using is to open Lightroom and go to Help menu > System Info. If you can’t open Lightroom right now, there are a few other clues that help to identify your Lightroom version….
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic is the renamed version of the Lightroom application you have used in the past, and it is optimized for desktop-focused workflows, including local storage of your photos in files and folders on your computer., and the interface,.
How do I know if Lightroom is up to date?
To see if you have any updates available, choose Help → Updates. For a more information, including which versions of Lightroom are current, check out Adobe’s help page on Lightroom versions and updates.
Can I edit RAW photos in Lightroom Classic?
For photographers who capture raw + JPEG photos on their cameras. Selecting this option imports the JPEG as a standalone photo. If selected, both the raw and the JPEG files are visible and can be edited in Lightroom Classic.
Yet another question we ran across in our research was “Can I use Lightroom Classic CC with smart previews?”.
I you can use both Lightroom Classic CC (“old Lightroom”) and the new Lightroom CC. If you use the latter, all your originals will live in the cloud and sync to all your devices (if you chose so), otherwise Smart Previews will sync.