What photo's do you keep ?
Apr 2, 2012 07:41:35 #
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Apr 2, 2012 08:00:24 #
I weed through them all. Poor shots, duplicates and "no big deal" pics get deleted. We get so much more than the film days. No matter how many I get rid of, I still have tons more than I would have had in the 80's and '90s. I always keep the bases covered. I never hang on to junk.
Apr 2, 2012 08:18:36 #
I delete the uglys. Keep the better ones. They age yes, but my good ones remain. GIve loads away to family for their keepsakes.
Shooting is fun an practice. :thumbup:
Shooting is fun an practice. :thumbup:
Apr 2, 2012 09:09:33 #
Geoff
Loc: Key West, FL
Keeping large photo files is like never cleaning your closet-if you haven't worn it for a year, toss it. With your files, if you have files of NEF's that haven'tyet been edited after a year or two, toss 'em. Really, do you ever go back to mediocre shots after a year? Just keep the shots that are worth framing or publishing. The rest are just clutter in your closet. Unlike photographers, photos don't get any better over time!
Apr 2, 2012 09:22:58 #
I have kept every photo I've taken, except a number that were done under contract. Good, bad, or indifferent they all have value. In some cases they serve as examples of how not to do something.
Apr 2, 2012 09:27:59 #
I keep almost all my pictures. Disk space is very cheap, and you never know when you may want to fix up a "bad" picture, due to a death or any other reason.
Apr 2, 2012 10:07:10 #
Apr 2, 2012 10:20:53 #
jefflantzimages
Loc: Seattle
i shoot 16 GB cards. I use Lightroom and download all images. i no longer delete in camera. I then go through and reject all the questionable ones. this might seem to be a long process, but it is very quick. I am in the process of going through old external hard drives and using the same process. i deleted over two hundred in a half hour sitting just last night watching Game of Thrones. i agree with Roger Hicks, its amazing what memories are brought back by this process. Lightroom also creates a method which allows you to find the images later. keep shooting and look into LR. J
Apr 2, 2012 10:22:41 #
I take thousands of pictures a year. Hard drive space is cheap so I keep everything except a few that I might have time to go back and edit/delete. There is a famous quote, can't remember who: "All photographs rise to a level of greatness with long enough passage of time."
I recently started collecting images for a auto biographical picture book to give to my family. I started scanning very old and usually tiny prints and the importance of the old family snapshots became very apparent.
As a teacher one of the things I've emphasized to students is just how important it is to keep track of and archive digital images.
The picture of myself and my cousin is not just a setup. That was our only bathtub in 1945 while both our fathers were in WWll. The old photograph has been passed around for years and is still in pretty good shape, although very small. Where will our digital images be 65 yrs from now?
I recently started collecting images for a auto biographical picture book to give to my family. I started scanning very old and usually tiny prints and the importance of the old family snapshots became very apparent.
As a teacher one of the things I've emphasized to students is just how important it is to keep track of and archive digital images.
The picture of myself and my cousin is not just a setup. That was our only bathtub in 1945 while both our fathers were in WWll. The old photograph has been passed around for years and is still in pretty good shape, although very small. Where will our digital images be 65 yrs from now?
Apr 2, 2012 10:36:53 #
Twice a week I write to about 16 elderly friends, telling them about life in my back yard--bugs, birds, alligators, etc. I live on a huge lake with a Wildlife Management Area next door. My photos are illustrations--up to 3 per letter; therefore, I keep a lot of what I shoot but only the best. My files are separated into very distinct categories.
Apr 2, 2012 10:39:14 #
hammankkm
Loc: pocono mtns.pa
i guess i keep most everything. this past year, a Lowes was being built within walking distance, and I thought i'd capture some of the construction. To make a long story short, I was on the job site for the first digging to the grand opening everyday and took over 4500 pictures. I guess i was on every part of the the site and building, even the 40k gal. water tower. I have the helicopter putting the AC units on the building, watching the building blocks being stacked and most of all i got to meet many construction worker and did get to meet some big wheels from Lowes. I was one of the guys with all privileges to all places. it was a lot of fun for 7 months
Apr 2, 2012 10:39:41 #
Like so many of you, I keep them all unless they are really awful--blurred, inside a pocket, etc. You just don't want to hurt their feelings and tell them they aren't good enough to be kept.
Apr 2, 2012 10:41:41 #
I rarely save photos of the ceiling, floor, grass, unless truly outstanding......
Apr 2, 2012 10:48:39 #
Unfortunately, I keep everything except the total blanks or washouts.
In some of my free time I have gone back to some really dark shots I was going to toss. Working with them, however, brought out some really good things I never saw.
I am not a pro but I am proud that some comments I have received on the retouched underexposed people have said I have created a "work of art. Not unlike Monet." That was a special early morning before sunrise and a fisherman on a foggy lake. I will try to find the original and the end product and attach it if anyone is interested.
Jimmeresa
In some of my free time I have gone back to some really dark shots I was going to toss. Working with them, however, brought out some really good things I never saw.
I am not a pro but I am proud that some comments I have received on the retouched underexposed people have said I have created a "work of art. Not unlike Monet." That was a special early morning before sunrise and a fisherman on a foggy lake. I will try to find the original and the end product and attach it if anyone is interested.
Jimmeresa
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