I'm just sat here working on my Aperture library, making alterations to my naming and filing structure, but I'm mainly reviewing my photographs and getting rid of those that I'm not happy with, which could be due to one of many reasons, but predominantly it's either the exposure, focus/sharpness, composition or having too many versions of the same subject and moment; doing this has got me thinking about how I review and process my photographs when I've been shooting and I'm trying to come up with a workflow and rating convention, so that when I upload some photographs in the future I will have a method to my madness.
When I'm out with my camera I don't chimp after every frame, but I do review my photos every so often and I'll take this opportunity to delete those which are just plain wrong or repetitive. When I return home, I'll upload all of my photos to Aperture and then depending on the nature of the subject or event, I'll proceed to skim through the lot and delete those that aren't right on closer inspection or temporarily reject those that could show some potential in the future when I review them again at a later date. For family events I try to keep as many photos as possible, I find the sentimental value is of more importance than the technical and artistic value.
Sitting here I think I could be slightly more ruthless with how I manage my photos, if I come away from a shoot with one or two really good photos then I'm very happy with that, but I do find I hold on to many photos just out of a fear of deleting and losing them forever.
So, how do you manage your photos and how ruthless are you, do images have to be perfect for you to keep them?
When I'm out with my camera I don't chimp after every frame, but I do review my photos every so often and I'll take this opportunity to delete those which are just plain wrong or repetitive. When I return home, I'll upload all of my photos to Aperture and then depending on the nature of the subject or event, I'll proceed to skim through the lot and delete those that aren't right on closer inspection or temporarily reject those that could show some potential in the future when I review them again at a later date. For family events I try to keep as many photos as possible, I find the sentimental value is of more importance than the technical and artistic value.
Sitting here I think I could be slightly more ruthless with how I manage my photos, if I come away from a shoot with one or two really good photos then I'm very happy with that, but I do find I hold on to many photos just out of a fear of deleting and losing them forever.
So, how do you manage your photos and how ruthless are you, do images have to be perfect for you to keep them?
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