While importing to Lightroom, I came across an issue that almost ruined my day: I imported files via the move button and got a failure message. After that, I could neither find the files in Lightroom nor in their old folder. Luckily, I realized that they actually were moved, but not added to Lightroom. From now on, I will only copy my photos and once they’re safely imported, delete the folder of origin.
Having made this mistake, if you want to call it that way, I found this website about other mistakes often made when working with Lightroom. Hope this will help you as well avoiding problems.
One more thing though: I don’t agree with the need for DNG files and prefer using RAW+XMP. Reasons for this will be posted here soon in a comparison of file types used for photography. My main reason for this decision though: having to backup a small XMP sidefile, rather than a multi-megabyte file when changes are made.
