Have you ever taken a special picture, imported it into Lightroom, edited it to perfection, then tried to find it a month later? A year later? Ten years later? Everyone knows Adobe Lightroom is a wonderful tool for RAW processing, but often its greatest strength is underutilized. Lightroom is packed with ways to help you organize and find specific images days, weeks, months, even years after they’ve been imported—without wasting time hunting for them. We’ll look at why it’s helpful to create an organized file structure before you even begin importing images, then we’ll tackle the nitty-gritty of setting up a system for finding them once they’re in your catalog. In addition to picks and flags we’ll look at how color coding, keywording, creating collections, and getting familiar with filtering and searching will put you in control of your catalog and its contents. I’ve been a Lightroom user since it was released for beta testing over twenty years ago, and for the last sixteen years I’ve been teaching and mentoring photographers to take advantage of its powerful features. Being able to locate specific images within a body of work is crucial whether you’re making exhibition and magazine submissions, creating books and cards, posting to social media, or giving prints to family and friends. Join me as I demystify the intricacies of locating your treasured images once they’re in your Lightroom catalog.