This is an interesting question and one I have faced in the last year. I use LR, and have no knowledge of the software you are using, however the structures are independant of that to some degree.
I think your structure is sound, if a little complicated.
Would it be important to know the camera?, for malleability of the files for example.
Jatrax states that naming folder after events became complicated, it might be worth exploring why that is. For my workflow I have done just that
.
For what is is worth, here is how I have run it in LR6, if any of this is useful, then great.
Lightroom will import a folder if there is a picture in it.
So, in windows explorer create a new folder and then numbered folders within the new folder:
New Folder1
1. RAW K-3ii
1. RAW K-50
2. NIK-Other
3. Export
4. SOOC
5. Moto G4 Phone
In each sub folder, paste a small gash photo, the same one in each as it will be deleted after (this enables LR to see the folders).
Then, go further and create a folder template for the year 20XX for example.
Copy and paste the New Folder 1 into it
n times.
Import a renamed copy of the folder template for the year e.g 2019 into LR.
(when I do this in LR, I delete the gash photos as soon as the structure is imported)
My camera files are set to create folders as Number-date (e.g. 100_DDMM).
My workflow then is this:
Suppose I went to town in January (01Jan18) and shot some raw files with the K-3ii.
I rename a sub folder within my new Photos 2018 main folder as ‘Town’
I rename the photos on import to the ‘Town’ - ‘1-RAW K-3ii’ folder as ‘Town 01Jan18_**’ where ** is a sequential number created by LR, and 01Jan is given by camera folder.
Of course, I will visit town often this year and each time I will use the same format, with the photo date amended to that given by the camera folder (e.g. 100_DDMM).
That way, I can do it later, I don’t have to remember anything, and I can just look into the folder to see they are town photos.
If there were an event in town, I may choose to rename one of my
n folders after the event name, and go from there.
Now, when I process any raw files, the JPEG output is always saved to the 3. Export folder.
I might process a SOOC image and again the JPEG output is always saved to the 3. Export folder.
I may choose to edit a raw file in Topaz, or NIK or DCU5 if it is PS image and I need that functionality. Then I save an output from those applications as a 14bit TIFF file to the ‘2.NIK-Other’ folder and work them from there until a JPEG is then saved to the 3. Export folder.
The original photo name is retained, and picks up an extension as ‘EDIT’ (e.g. ‘Town 01Jan18_1-EDIT’.JPEG’ OR ‘Town 01Jan18_1-EDIT’.TIFF’)
The beauty of this is that I can see at a glance which files have been processed, they will always be in the ‘3. Export’ folder for any event or location or year. There is no mystery or memory needed to see where I am.
Of course I would love to take credit for this system but I can’t. I got it from Ed Gregory of photos in color, his video here is well worth watching.
It is LR specific, but the folder structure should be valid anyway, and the basic workflow should read across to other software as it fundamentally has to do the same things.
I hope this is of some small use to you, or maybe others venturing into LR for example.