Hi all,

I could really use some help for photographers that use a Mac. When I was on my PC, I would plug my trusty D70 in to the computer and run the import wizard and import my photos in to a new folder for what was on that card. An example would be  a folder "7-17-2011 Vacation."  Using this method, I had a lot of folders that were sorted by date automatically due to the naming scheme, and I could fairly easily access my photos this way.

Well, I bought a Mac book pro a few months ago and used the apple transfer wizard to transfer all the files from my old pc to the new Mac. Now all my photos are dumped in iPhoto. I can browse in Finder for my old folder structure, but my new imports in to iPhoto don't get stored in a folder structure at all, just a mysterious volume that can only be accessed with iPhoto.

Can anyone recommend an effective workflow for storing and organizing photos on the Mac?  I'm getting a bit frustrated with iPhoto, but maybe I just need to learn it better. Thanks!

iPhoto works but it takes a bit of getting used to.

Adobe Lightroom is what you seek.

This.

Lightroom is the answer as those above have stated...

Yup, and you can make the iphoto library visible in finder...I just don't remember how to do it.