Trouble organizing photos when they download in iphoto

I want to control the picture organization when I download from my camera so that different events don't group into one topic. and now I have tons of photos that are not easy to group. i feel like every time I move them I wind up with a duplicate copy. my hard drive is bursting.

I am not sure how to rename the actual pictures and sort them they way I want them sorted.
You can add Titles to Pics using the Info Pane (Click on the ‘i’ lower left. The Name, Date and Description fields can be edited). To change the title of groups of pics use the Photos -> Batch Change command.
So, how do you want them sorted?
The most basic way is to create an Album (File -> New Album) and drag the pics to it. You can put Albums into Folders (File -> New Folder). So, you can have a Folder called, say, ‘Travel’ and within it Albums for your Trip to Paris and your Trip to Rome.
I keyword on a
Who
What
Where basis (The When is in the photos's Exif metadata). I also rate the pics on a 1 - 5 star basis.
Using this system I can find pretty much find any pic in my 20k library in a couple of seconds.
So, for example, I have a batch of pics titled 'Seattle 08' and a typical keywording might include: John, Anne, Landscape, mountain, trees, snow. With a rating included it's so very easy to find the best pics we took at Mount Rainier.
File -> New Smart Album
set it to 'All"
title contains Seattle
keyword is mountain
keyword is snow
rating is 5 stars
Or, want a chronological album of John from birth to today?
New Smart Album
Keyword is John
Set the View options to Sort By Date Ascending
Want only the best pics?
add Rating is greater than 4 stars
The best thing about this system is that it's dynamic. If I add 50 more pics of John to the Library tomorrow, as I keyword and rate them they are added to the Smart Album.
Keywording takes time to set up, there's no doubt about it. I use Keyword Manager as it's much more powerful than the inbuilt system, and adds the possibility of nested keywords. So, for instance, if I add John to a photo it also adds 'Family'. Now I can add many keywords to a pic quickly.
In the end, organisation is about finding the pics. The point is to make locating that pic or batch of pics findable fast. This system works for me.
but iphoto does not allow me to be selective on what photos come in. its all or none and all named to the same description.
When iPhoto sees a card it shows you the contents of the card. Select the pics you want to import (Click on them, Command-click for multiple) add your description and Click on Import Selected.
Regards
TD

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