Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The best way to edit yourself (and not leave it to an unbiassed person, which is better anyway) is to put the images away for some time (say two weeks, with your shooting rythm: this way your first memory (where and when taken, what the situation was etc.) will be less strong, which will give you a more 'objective' judgement), and then to review them. The good ones will pop out automatically. What I do very often (since I don't use Lightroom) is to view everything in Bridge, and narrow down the selection by giving them stars. This gives you about 5 steps (5 stars) to find the ones you really like. Another important thing, which you will certainly must have read about on this list (and I'm not very good at this), is to never throw away any original, even after your edit: one reviewing day might may give you a slightly different selection vs. the other, not to speak of reviewing images of several years old, which sometimes suddenly get a whole new relevance. Philippe Op 22-apr-07, om 17:36 heeft cschweda het volgende geschreven: >>> ... but I'd edit every week down to max. 5 shots. > > Thanks, Philippe. Great advice. Editing is something I struggle with. > I have my own daily edits, but I suspect it's worthwhile to start > pulling together drafts of specific, edited sets once some time has > elapsed and I can look at the images without remembering actually > taking the images. > > The "visual diary" format is one thing -- but I'm guessing the real > key is the ability to edit the so-called diary down to specific visual > narratives. > > BTW -- I know this isn't news to anybody, but Adobe Lightroom is > really an amazing tool. I just went through the superb tutorial on > Lynda.com, and I'm amazed at Lightroom's flexibility for archiving, > tagging, and quickly manipulating large batches of images. > > Thanks again, > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >