Do you keep everything?
Nov 15, 2017 12:36:05 #
mrjcall wrote:
Learning how to cull your own images is one of the... (show quote)
I'm sorry I didn't mean to reply to the other post. This is the post I wanted to reply to. Is there a way to cancel a reply when you are replying to the wrong?
Is there a tutorial that shows a good way to do this? I have about 50,000 images. The only ones I delete are the one I can't tell what they are. I shoot mostly raw + jpg. And I have two Seagate 5TB external drives that I backup too but I'm running out of space on them. And right now I can't buy any more drives.
Nov 15, 2017 12:36:41 #
Yankeepapa6
Loc: New York City
Dairygoat wrote:
Is there a tutorial about a way to do this? (the best way to do this)
I don't know if there is. I'm sure there are tutorials on composition, lighting etc. For me it's the quick look see. If it doesn't grab me it's history.
Nov 15, 2017 13:20:53 #
I immediately delete misfires, major miscompositions, and accidental multiple images. When I upload the remainder to my computer I delete poor facial expressions, mis-focused images, multiples of a burst that do not show my intended subject adequately.
Nov 15, 2017 13:29:11 #
mizzee
Loc: Boston,Ma
Boring is boring, ditto for blurry, blown out -- I'll never use those for any reason. I take several cuts after each shoot. First to get rid of the obvious losers, second to get rid the shots that say absolutely nothing, then another one a few days later. If I shot 300 photos, I'll keep about a third, or less.
Nov 15, 2017 14:44:35 #
I learned from my dad, who kept all his prints, all his negatives, and all his slides, who edited his 16mm movies by splicing one 50 foot roll to the next, discarding only the white leaders— I learned NOT to do that. My early days were mostly 35mm Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides and I couldn't afford the number of Carousel trays I'd need to keep everything — so I learned to mercilessly CULL the crop. And I do that to this day with film and digital.
Nov 15, 2017 14:44:43 #
sirlensalot
Loc: Arizona
I will keep more wedding and sports shots than anything else. Everything else I usually cull from original RAW images before attempting any PP. Never calculated percentages.
Nov 15, 2017 14:47:12 #
iggy wrote:
Way back when I purchased my first digital camera,... (show quote)
No.......after several years I still take crap photo's 60 - 70 % of the time. That is me 'warming up' and 'getting my eye in'. I would hate to see someone browse through all that ....hoping to 'judge the quality' of my hobby!
I take 'holiday snaps' which get deleted once my darling wife has posted them to family. I hate holiday snaps..
My wife once printed out every shot that I took on our trip to Switzerland...Ring filed and passed around...Having only just bought my first digital camera - you can imagine how 'cringe making' that can be in hindsight. So No.......never again.
First pass .....instant removal of bad images. Second pass get rid of lesser duplicates. leave for a month or so and delete those 'that you were going to work on ..but didn't' any any others that you now consider sub standard. Archive at that point.
As a Chef I was 'perfect'......I always ate my mistakes!!!!or binned them before anyone else saw them.
Be known as a great photographer.....not a good photographer on a good day.
have fun
Nov 15, 2017 15:09:05 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Why keep sub-par images if you don't have plans to eventually Photoshop them?
Because my taste may change.
Nov 15, 2017 15:13:19 #
Six images. Anything else is foolish. I am an outdoors man. Post Processing is done indoors. How wasteful when you really know to get good images SOOC in the great out of doors!
Nov 15, 2017 15:50:29 #
Nov 15, 2017 15:58:23 #
I keep a lot, but I ruthlessly trash images that I find totally unusable. For me, the issue is not the cost of storage, it is not wanting to have unnecessary clutter in my folders. If I accidentally tripped the shutter with the camera pointed at the ground, why save that?
Nov 15, 2017 16:19:09 #
Yankeepapa6
Loc: New York City
rehess wrote:
Because my taste may change.
Quite right. We all over time change our views and perception. However a bad picture will always be a bad picture.
Nov 15, 2017 16:32:53 #
rook2c4 wrote:
I keep only the best and delete the rest. I see little value in keeping images I don't care to look at again.
I'm with you on most of that line of thought, but I keep grand kids as there look is changing as the get older , and other family
Members if there recognisable and it's a reasonable good shot , and more critical on most other shots , you have to be ruthless
As what you think is not bad to what you would say is good , has to be exelenct in any one else eyes, as what most ugly hedge
Hogs think by the way they praise a lot of the images shown on this site , they have to get over the fear of hurting ones feelings
That must be the cause , as most pages are loaded with bad images , then the next few pages are loaded , with praising those
Same images , the the finale last few pages are loaded with the the image takers thanking the hogs for the wonderful
Commentary, there is only a few here that qualifies for all that praise, , and why should the guy. Girl who take the images bother thanking every one on the last ten pages . But thats my out look, deep and tell the truth . It can do more good .
Nov 15, 2017 16:34:35 #
I label Red - best 16 bitt + raws. Yellow - 2nd best 16bitt + raws. Green - worth keeping - 8 bitt only - no raws. All of the rest go into the trash. I use the exact same process as when I shot on transparency.
Nov 15, 2017 17:29:37 #
I create folders based on date and shooting session for everyday on a shoot. I also create a discard folder for each day. In the evening I'll delete those I am 100% sure of, but if a slight question I'll move the image to the dated discard folder. Upon returning home and doing sometimes days and days of editing I will delete the images that remain in the discard folders.
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