What photo's do you keep ?
Apr 1, 2012 10:02:45 #
In a response to my "where are all the viewfinders" update, Gidgette asked me to post more pixs from my new Nikon P510 and I realized that although I've taken up to 30 pictures a day for over 40 years, I retain very few, [ maybe zero to 2 out of the thirty on a good day ], with the exception of photo's of renunions or of my grandson, which I put on a 8GB flash drive for him for when he grows older.
I've had 2 published, 1 as a cover on "Gas & Pipeline Journal" and the other with an article I wrote for "Kit Car Magazine" but I do not have very many "keepers"-which promps the question, how many of your shots do you keep ? I regard my camera as an object of instant gradification and the only true time machine available. I keep only the very best, which is few. How about you ??
I've had 2 published, 1 as a cover on "Gas & Pipeline Journal" and the other with an article I wrote for "Kit Car Magazine" but I do not have very many "keepers"-which promps the question, how many of your shots do you keep ? I regard my camera as an object of instant gradification and the only true time machine available. I keep only the very best, which is few. How about you ??
Apr 1, 2012 10:05:23 #
Apr 1, 2012 10:26:18 #
Apr 1, 2012 10:27:05 #
I'm with Judy. I keep most of them. On more than one occasion those mediocre shots were saved when Adobe upgraded their software.
Apr 1, 2012 10:28:13 #
Roger Hicks
Loc: Aquitaine
All of 'em except the completely useless (inside of lens cap, etc.)
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
Apr 1, 2012 10:33:51 #
Pepper
Loc: Planet Earth Country USA
This may change as I become better but right now I save about half of what I take.
Apr 1, 2012 10:37:49 #
walterpurvis
Loc: North Carolina
I keep every photo except the really bad ones . . . and I've taken plenty of those. :(
Apr 1, 2012 10:41:37 #
Vacation shots - pretty much everything. Unless it's horribly out of focus or under exposed.
Pictures of the kids that I am taking for a purpose (framing, sending to grandparents, etc) I only keep the best of the best.
Pictures of the kids that I am taking for a purpose (framing, sending to grandparents, etc) I only keep the best of the best.
Apr 1, 2012 11:10:59 #
As my byline says, "When in doubt, shoot it again."
I intentionally shoot every shot 3 or 4 times just for insurance in getting the shot I want. Sometimes one of those really stands out and I simply discard the rest. Sometimes they are all the same and I will keep one. But unless the framing of an action shot is really bad, or it is totally out of focus, I will keep it. Non-action landscapes I usually bracket and I keep them all.
I also take a ton of insurance shots and have to keep them all for 30 days minimum, but after the 30 days has passed I delete them all, they are in the insurance company files and archives and my originals are useless by that time.
I intentionally shoot every shot 3 or 4 times just for insurance in getting the shot I want. Sometimes one of those really stands out and I simply discard the rest. Sometimes they are all the same and I will keep one. But unless the framing of an action shot is really bad, or it is totally out of focus, I will keep it. Non-action landscapes I usually bracket and I keep them all.
I also take a ton of insurance shots and have to keep them all for 30 days minimum, but after the 30 days has passed I delete them all, they are in the insurance company files and archives and my originals are useless by that time.
Apr 1, 2012 11:12:02 #
I keep everything but the real blurry ones or too dark ones.
After I have them on my computer for a while, I then copy or move them to a cd and then take them off the computer so more photos can be uploaded.
After I have them on my computer for a while, I then copy or move them to a cd and then take them off the computer so more photos can be uploaded.
Apr 1, 2012 11:17:14 #
In the past, I kept most everything but with the acquisition of my Nikon D7000 I find I'm getting rid of more. With its larger files, and my older computer, storage space is at a premium. I do have two external storage devices and subscribe to Carbonite but still find I'm more selective on the files I keep. I'm actually going through older files and deleting the photos that have absolutely no hope regardless of how many techniques I learn in post-processing.
Apr 1, 2012 11:17:38 #
Apr 1, 2012 11:21:51 #
Max Kurz wrote:
In a response to my "where are all the viewfi... (show quote)
Good strategy! Keep only the very best. Many on here will argue that memory is cheap, and you never know when you'll need the ones you don't use... hogwash! If you aren't capturing memories with family members and such, then the other stuff is just clutter (plain and simple).
When I first started out many years ago, I kept everything. Did I ever use them? No. Of course, I've gotten better over the years with photography, so now I keep about 30% of all my shots (not relating to family). "You can have stuff or you can have space, but you can't have both" - Mouse & Mole.
Apr 1, 2012 11:37:47 #
Apr 1, 2012 11:47:57 #
Roger Hicks
Loc: Aquitaine
mdorn wrote:
Keep only the very best. Many on here will argue t... (show quote)
You make a very good point, but equally, the value of a picture can change over time. Pictures that you discard now, on the grounds that they 'aren't good enough', can stick in your mind, leading to regrets when you try to look for 'em and can't find 'em. Then again, I have three filing cabinets full of hanging files of slides, plus tens of thousands of negatives and tens of thousands of mostly Raw digital images.
Cheers,
R.
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