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I have a mess in Lightroom 3 as far as folders (and on my hard drive). I want to reorganize everything into a single main folder, subdivided by date, and rely on keywords and collections for sorting. I know everyone does it different but I am wanting to go the Scott Kelby route, "You can have as many sub-folders inside that one main folder as you want, but if you want to have peace, calm, and order in your Lightroom, the key is not to import photos from all over your computer. Choose one main folder and put all your photos inside that folder. THEN import them into Lightroom."
My question is, since I already have photos in many places on my computer and a lot of folders in Lightroom, how do I go to this format. I am tempted to move all of my photos on my computer out of their current folders and into one giant folder (/Photos) and reimport everything into a new catalogue by date. My concern is I will lose the existing "lightroom data" associated with those photos (flags, picks, ratings, key words, develop settings...). Hoep that makes sense and someone can help me out.
Thanks

I think (I haven't read the book so I don't know) that the Scott Kelby quote may be applying to a different situation where the files do not already exist within Lightroom. In that circumstance Scott's method seems entirely sensible to me. In the situation you are in - files already present within Lr - it would be the wrong approach.
Lr has the tools you need to move files around and rename files & folders, so there is no need to do this outside of Lightroom and, for all the reasons mentioned above, doing so would be a bad idea.
There are many different options for file structures, but whichever one you choose it makes sense to migrate your existing files to that structure too. Personally as a wedding & portrait photographer I do maybe 100 shoots per year, rarely more than one per day. I don't favour the Bin method as it makes backups easy to create but difficult to locate when you need them. My file structure is Year then Shoot Name then Raw / JPEG / Client / Etc as appropriate. My shoot name is based on the shoot date in reverse, so I use YYMMDD. This number - YYMMDD - is also my job number and appears on all the client paperwork and in all the filenames related to that client. My Raw files are renamed on import by adding the shoot name to the file name, so I get 101223_DSC1234.NEF. My finished files are renamed with a sequence, ie 101223001.JPG, 101223.002.JPG. Other factors like client details (for a repeat client), location, type of shoot are dealt with in keywords. By using a logical structure like this my files are easily accessible using any software, and should I ever (perish the thought) move away from Lightroom then the structure will migrate easily.
This is not necessarily the best structure for everyone, but it work for me. Whichever method you choose Lr will help you to migrate and manage your files well.

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