Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Your point is well taken, Gerry. :-) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 7/31/2019 8:11 AM, Gerry Walden via LUG wrote: > The respected British photographer Snowden once said if you take 100 phots > of which one is good, and you show them the 100 they think you are crap. > If you just show them the one they think you are great. It is not a bad > maxim to go by. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > 023 8046 3076 > 0797 287 7932 > >> On 31 Jul 2019, at 14:08, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, Gerry - That's exactly how I edit with the stars. It is a very >> time-consuming process, though!! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tina >> >> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 2:58 AM Gerry Walden via LUG <lug at >> leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Tina >>> >>> I would start on either Guatemala or Honduras, which ever one you think >>> most viable. >>> >>> What I tend to do is use the star rating in LR. I go through and give the >>> better ones 3 stars. That cuts them down, and you can then just view the >>> 3 >>> star ones by using ?attribute? in the Library panel. I then go through >>> that >>> batch and either uprate them to 4 star or downrate then to 2 star. I then >>> just view the four star and do the up or down grade cull over again so I >>> end up with just the 5 stars. >>> >>> I don?t envy you, I think editing is te most time consuming and boring >>> job >>> in photography. >>> >>> Gerry >>> >>> Gerry Walden >>> www.gwpics.com >>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 30 Jul 2019, at 23:35, 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>* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >