To organize a lightroom catalog when you’re importing photos, first select the photos that you’d like to import
![select the photos you’d like to import select the photos you’d like to import](https://howtech.tv/wp-content/images/001707/01.jpg)
Copy the photos to new location and add them to the catalog
![copy the photos to new location and add them to the catalog copy the photos to new location and add them to the catalog](https://howtech.tv/wp-content/images/001707/02.jpg)
In the destination panel, make sure you organize by date, and then you can select the date format that you’d like
![organize by date and select the particular format organize by date and select the particular format](https://howtech.tv/wp-content/images/001707/03.jpg)
Under File Handling check Don’t import suspected duplicates
![check ‘Don’t import suspected duplicates’ check ‘Don’t import suspected duplicates’](https://howtech.tv/wp-content/images/001707/04.jpg)
Then Click import
![Click on import Click on import](https://howtech.tv/wp-content/images/001707/05.jpg)