Today I'm going to talk about renaming your photo image files. Why should you rename them? Your camera will typically name image files using the convention: DSC_1234 (or similar). The problem with this naming format is that when your frame counter hits 9999, it rolls over and begins again at 0001. That means that over time, you'll end up with many images on your computer all sharing the same filename.

In this video, I'll show you how to rename your images upon import using Adobe Lightroom Classic. The convention I use combines my initials (JPO) with a sortable date (YYYMMDD) and then the frame number from the original image. This technique only works if you've set the camera date correctly. The advantage of this technique is that if you're looking for images on your computer, each file will have a unique name that includes date information to help you locate it.

Once you've set up a file renaming template in Lightroom, you can use it to rename images that are already in your Lightroom catalog.

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