Searching photo keywords with spotlight

Hi - I have been adding keywords to my photos - through Photoshop. Spotlight does search these keywords. The problem is, I also add "Author" data to the photos and I want to be able to search just by keyword - is there any way to narrow the search, or is there a third-party application that will do this. I can search within Photoshop's File Browse, but I am not crazy about the interface.
Thanks

Assuming you're using the ⌘F interface in Finder - you can select Keywords as a specific criteria option - click on Kind or Last Modified to change. If you give it a few seconds, it generates a list of all the keywords in the index allowing you to pick them from the drop down menu.
Entering the term in the standard search oval, or on the menubar Spotlight offers some ability to narrow the search but its limited.

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