Importing multiple image sources

[sheilar16104844]

I'm a wedding photographer.How do I import images from multiple folders on my computer so that they can be edited and then exported all together in the continuity they were shot? I shoot with 2 cameras with various SD cards and want to import and edit and then finally export the images in the correct order as they were shot. I am currently importing each folder of images into Lightroom separately and exporting separately, so there is no continuity in the order.

[JP Hess]

If you have the clocks set properly in both cameras then you can import the images into a single folder and sort the images by capture time.

[dj_paige · Accepted solution]

Folders are not needed to solve this problem, and using a single folder is a poor choice in this situation. If the two cameras accidentally produce photos with the esxact same file name, you can't put photos from both of these cameras into a single folder. Instead, use a collection inside of Lightroom to hold all the photos from an event and sort by capture time (assuming the clocks on the cameras were synchronized) .

[sheilar16104844]

Yes, i have faced this problem with file numbers. I will try to figure out how to create a collection! Thank you

[dj_paige]

How to create a collection:

How to create photo collections in Lightroom?

[dj_paige]

It has occurred to me that one of my sentences above is very poorly written and could cause people to misunderstand what I mean, and so I'd like to make it more clear. I said:

Folders are not needed to solve this problem, and using a single folder is a poor choice in this situation.

What I should have said is:

A single folder is not needed to solve this problem, and using a single folder is a poor choice in this situation.

The solution I am recommending is to import each camera's photos into it's own folder -- in other words use multiple folders, one for each camera's photos (so as to not have the problem of photos with the same file name needing to be placed into a single folder), then import all of this into LR, place the total set of photos from this event into a single collection, from which ordering inside of LR will work properly.