The art of deleting Images
Mar 29, 2020 18:05:36 #
josquin1
Loc: Massachusetts
I don't delete any images because what I don't like today I very well might like tomorrow.
Mar 29, 2020 18:17:58 #
steve49
Loc: massachusetts
On that subject... I keep the cards when I travel as another backup also.
Mar 29, 2020 19:15:07 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
I find that being ruthless in viewing your. Does it grab you instantly, no, then don't keep it.
After 53 years of photography, how many images do I need to keep. Only the great ones count !
After 53 years of photography, how many images do I need to keep. Only the great ones count !
Mar 29, 2020 19:18:35 #
via the lens wrote:
Blurry...no subject...poor composition...my foot or the ground (accidentally)...oops, eyes closed...wings don't line up in a good way...monkey moving too fast for my too slow shutter speed...why did I take that shot...I failed to consider minimum focus distance...didn't look like I envisioned...what was I thinking...OMG...and the list goes on...mark with an X, hit Command-delete and move on...no art to it, simple mechanics.
Yes, good explanation. I just did some of that on my iPhone. I take a lot of junk just to help me remember something like a parking spot number or brand of wine I liked at dinner. No need to keep them after the need has passed.
Mar 29, 2020 20:10:28 #
steve49
Loc: massachusetts
petercbrandt wrote:
I find that being ruthless in viewing your. Does it grab you instantly, no, then don't keep it.
After 53 years of photography, how many images do I need to keep. Only the great ones count !
After 53 years of photography, how many images do I need to keep. Only the great ones count !
I agree with this.
Mar 29, 2020 20:40:41 #
petercbrandt wrote:
I find that being ruthless in viewing your. Does it grab you instantly, no, then don't keep it.
After 53 years of photography, how many images do I need to keep. Only the great ones count !
After 53 years of photography, how many images do I need to keep. Only the great ones count !
I have a similar number of years in photography, but I don't go by first impression. I have many favorite images which didn't grab me instantly, but which I grew to love later, especially when I finished processing them.
Mar 29, 2020 21:55:34 #
talborough wrote:
I would like to start a discussion on the art of deleting old images.
No one has mentioned the primary cause of so many junk images.... we click as often as we like... Just make sure you are staying focused on your intended capture
Mar 30, 2020 08:39:52 #
Gablercigars wrote:
No one has mentioned the primary cause of so many junk images.... we click as often as we like... Just make sure you are staying focused on your intended capture
The primary cause of junk images is the fact that digital images are free (once you get past the capital expense). There is no real economic incentive not to take photos.
Mar 30, 2020 10:42:21 #
rlovaglio
Loc: Augusta, Maine
talborough wrote:
I would like to start a discussion on the art of deleting old images.
You don't have to waste any time deleting images, for older people time is precious. Pick out your very favorites, put them in a file to work with. Leave all the others in a file and put a note in the beginning that says, "sorry kids, I meant to get to these."
This works for the boxes of slides that some of us have, rent a storage unit to put them in and put the same note on the top.
All tongue in cheek, but have a good day and stay safe.
Mar 30, 2020 11:21:29 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
Thanks, you got me refining my pictures. I set up a file on a different hard drive ( so I can drag pictures in and still keep the picture intact at the original location as my Mac will move them if it is the sam drive) for the best of my best. You idea has not cut my pictures buy added to my files and created a duplication, That's what stay at home does, just keep doing things.
As far as system I find I am dragging some shots I'm not sure of and p[lan to have a relook to delete on the relook. By having this file a duplicate file I can just bump the one on the next round.
As far as system I find I am dragging some shots I'm not sure of and p[lan to have a relook to delete on the relook. By having this file a duplicate file I can just bump the one on the next round.
Mar 30, 2020 13:55:31 #
If you have to tell a story on why it's a keeper, it's likely not a keeper ...
Mar 30, 2020 17:32:55 #
CaptainPhoto wrote:
Well you know talborough, I don't agree with your ... (show quote)
Thank you "CaptainPhoto" and many others for your thoughtful answers.
Tom
Apr 2, 2020 18:39:40 #
petercbrandt wrote:
I find that being ruthless in viewing your. Does it grab you instantly, no, then don't keep it.
After 53 years of photography, how many images do I need to keep. Only the great ones count !
After 53 years of photography, how many images do I need to keep. Only the great ones count !
I agree , there is only so much room & doesn't need to be filled up with images that aren't up to your standards that's even in these days of digital images , I still think quality is better than quantity
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