1. Explain the purpose of file management and metadata
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File Management and Metadata
Learn to use folders, filenames, ratings, keywords and captions consistently.
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What you will learn
2. Apply a practical method to use folders, filenames, ratings, keywords and captions consistently
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3. Recognise the main technical, safety or professional risk
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4. Review the result and record one useful improvement
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Step-by-step practice
Step 1. Identify why file management and metadata matters to the photograph you want to make.
Step 2. Prepare the subject, location, equipment and any required permission.
Step 3. Practise how to use folders, filenames, ratings, keywords and captions consistently.
Step 4. Review focus, exposure, light, composition, story and responsible practice.
Step 5. Complete this activity: Rename and keyword one small shoot using a repeatable convention.
Safe and responsible practice: Keep untouched originals, document significant edits and confirm rights before publishing.
Practical activity
Complete and record this task
Rename and keyword one small shoot using a repeatable convention.
Good-practice checklist
Original files remain untouched
Export settings match the destination
Complete the practical activity for file management and metadata
Record settings or decisions that produced the best result
Review the result on a second screen or as a print
Ask a qualified person when safety, privacy or legal consequences are significant
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