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Hi, @FyxIt, if you assign keywords into LRC, they are associated with that file in LRC's catalog, not the image. So, looking for that image via the keywords, you just assigned will not work.
UNLESS
In LRC's preferences for the Catalog, there is a checkbox that everyone should check:
If the changes (including keywords) remain in the Catalog, they are not with the file. But, if you check that, they are, and this should work.
However, some thoughts from someone who uses both Bridge and LRC almost daily and who has almost 100,000 images in his catalog suggest that you might want to reconsider spending more time in LRC. First and foremost, LRC is a DAM (Data Asset Manager). Thus, it is made for people who want to find their images. In addition, with the advances made with masking and AI, I'm spending less and less time in PS for general photographic enhancement.
I completely understand your statement that you are "attached to your current workflow." I do get that. But as things change, there sometimes can be a viable reason for you to reconsider your processes. As you stated, the number of images you have is becoming a problem, and you are looking for ways to keep doing what you've been doing. You might find that you CAN continue your current workflow through LRC and be better at it because of how LRC functions and its toolset. Remember, you only need to right-click on any image to open it in PS. When you save and close the image in PS, it goes back to LRC as a stacked image on the original—so you always have the original, unchanged image when and if PS (or any other 3rd party software, like Topaz) has an updated feature.
FWIW, one of the reasons I migrated to using LRC is that Bridge's search capabilities have always been "OK" at best. LRC search capabilities with the keywords built-in as they are created are vastly superior.
BTW, you do not state where your images are located, but if you currently have more and more images, are they backed up? If you're interested in my strategy on backing images up, just ask. But remember, there are two kinds of hard drive users: those who've had a hard drive crash and those who've not had a hard drive crash yet.
"How could I ensure that the current hierachy and structure of my hard drive file collection was replicated on LRC?"
When you 'Import' your photos to the catalog- Select the [ADD] option above the central window of the Import dialog.
Thus all your photos stay exactly in the drive folders where you have placed them.
The [ADD] option only makes a reference to the files where you have them and creates the thumbnails to view in the Library.
You can also check the [Include SubFolders] box and by selecting a 'Parent' folder to import you also import its sub-folders, keeping the folder hierarchy exactly as it is.
"So just import the changes or import the whole folder again?"
The Import dialog is 'intelligent' enough to recognize photos that have been imported before and won't import them again.
So, in effect Yes!, Select the whole folder again to import - and in the import dialog SELECT only the [New Photos] you added to that folder. (Existing photos in the catalog will be greyed out anyway.)
There is another method to Import 'New Photos' that you manually added to a folder (already existing in LrC), and that is the 'Synchronize Folder' function in Lr-Classic. But I suggest you use the normal Import methods until you are fully familiar with Lr-Classic.
I also suggest that once you are using Lr-Classic for what it is designed to do (index your complete photo library) that you forget about Adobe Bridge- it will not be needed again.
The 'old' [Bridge > ACR > Photoshop] workflow can be replaced by [Lr-Classic >< Photoshop].
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