Case Study: California Department of Water Resources achieves a faster, more accessible digital asset workflow with PhotoShelter for Brands

California Department of Water Resources’ Visual Media Library

The California Department of Water Resources manages a vast digital image archive spanning back to the 1860s, while also organizing new photos produced daily for public, media, and internal use. Using PhotoShelter for Brands, the team needed a better way to preserve historical assets, add detailed captions and keywords, and make breaking news imagery quickly accessible to users around the world.

PhotoShelter for Brands helped the California Department of Water Resources streamline its digital asset workflow by supporting collaborative editing, metadata creation, and easy uploading through tools like Lightroom and Photo Mechanic. The department also opened its image site for direct downloads without registration, helping media access photos faster during major events; at one point, its media library saw 11 million pageviews in a single day.

California Department of Water Resources