I'm sure all the experienced people here have developed their own workflow for stock images over the years, but a friend of mine is seriously thinking of getting started in microstock and so I agreed to explain my own workflow for him. It got a little more involved than I expected at the start, but the final result may be useful for someone starting up and wondering how to make the keywording and uploading as painless as possible.

If anyone wants to use this - feel free (there are no referral links in the article although there are other ones elsewhere on my blog!). If anyone wants to suggest an improvement, I'm always willing to learn and change my ways!

Hope it helps someone.

Steve
http://www.backyardsilver.com

Stu49

Agreed, that would work as well, but I like the look of the month names - I must be strange like that!

On the folders for each day - do you take so many images that a daily folder is worthwhile. I know in Lightroom that you can look at the folder above the one holding the images, but I would find it more difficult to remember which images I had FTP'd to Lightburner if I had to look in each day folder.

I need to update my blog, because I forgot to mention that I also keep a collection of that I think are my "best" images from the shoot or trip as at some stage I am thinking of going to art festivals and trying to sell some prints. I mainly take travel and landscapes and so some of them are attractive enough to sell, and so my collections also help me remember the "best" shots. I particularly like this image of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC - it looks good as a large print:

Steve
http://www.backyardimage.com