Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Don. All of my photos are put in categories when they are imported - families, children, medical, charity, etc. So that's already done, thank goodness! Tina On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 7:23 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Tina facing the great wall. Well, you start but identifying categories > and group your images roughly and quickly into groups. Say, family, work, > inside the home domestic, heifer project, children. Then decide what the > editng is for, future sales, donation to the non profit you worked for, > personal satisfaction, some group that can direct aid to those impacted by > the drought. Once you have a specific audience then the editing will go > much quicker. > > You can come back to the days base again and again based on your wants or > needs. > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 5:36 PM Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > PESO: > > > > I am cleaning up old files on my Drobo and trying to consolidate > > everything. Years ago, I spent a couple of weeks with Maggie Steber, a > > photo editor, who helped me edit 50,000 of my Honduran photos down to > about > > 24. The problem is that I have many, many more than the original 50,000 > > that she edited. According to my LR files, I have 174,258 photos of > > Honduras. If I spend the rest of my life editing them I will not finish. > > But just glancing through, it looks like there are a lot I would include > in > > a final edit. So what to do? Recently, I have been going back editing > old > > family photos of European trips. Should I stop that and work on > Honduras? > > I really am drawn to that because of their situation today. The same > thing > > applies to Guatemala. I have over 150,000 photos of Guatemala. If I > edit > > those, I will never get to any other countries. > > > > I think I have answered my own question but I would appreciate your > > opinion, anyway. > > > > TIA > > > > TIna > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley > > < > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > > *https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html > > <https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>* > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html> *https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html <https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>*