From a €200 Lightroom Plugin to a $6 Claude API Solution
As a food and event photographer, I was struggling to find my food photos inside Lightroom Classic.
I shoot for different brands and events, so my catalog is mixed with food, people, interiors, events, details, and everything else. When I only wanted to see my food photos, it was honestly a mess.
I looked for some plugin options, but the cheapest solution I found was around €200.
Then I thought: for my specific needs, maybe I can build something myself with Claude.
After about 1 hour working with Claude Code, I managed to create a custom solution. With Claude API integration, it cost me only around $6 to scan and search food photos among roughly 20,000 images.
The system is still scanning, but so far it works surprisingly well.
I’ll share updates once the scan is finished, and I’m also happy to share the plugin/workflow here in case anyone else needs something similar.