Lightroom Catalog Consolidation & Organization

I have spent the past 15 years shooting professionally, which means multiple Lightroom Classic catalogs are now scattered over several external drives. What I need is one clean, searchable master catalog living on a single drive, with images arranged chronologically in a simple YYYY/MM/DD folder structure. While you merge and relocate everything, please add basic keywords (people, locations, shoot type, etc.) so I can pull up images quickly without digging through folders. To ensure we’re on the same page, include a detailed project proposal that explains: • how you will locate and merge all existing catalogs, • your approach to de-duplication and integrity checks, • the folder-by-date structure you’ll create on the new drive, • the method you’ll use for adding consistent, basic tags, and • a rough timeline from kickoff to delivery. The end product I’m expecting is: 1. A single Lightroom Classic catalog with every photo referenced, previews rebuilt, and no missing files. 2. One external drive containing the reorganized image library, matching the catalog path structure exactly. 3. A brief hand-off document outlining what was done and how to maintain the system going forward. If you’ve tackled similar consolidation projects, let me know the scale you handled and any tools or scripts you used alongside Lightroom.

Project ID: 40273603

Location: Chicago, United States