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, Frank. This is exactly what I have decided to do: "Take 1 time period at a time... the July 2015 trip for example. And work on them as a sub-catalog.... finish and go to the next.... Do this by making a new LR catalog of SOME of the pictures in the big catalog.... edit THAT catalog, then combine back into the main catalog.... Repeat... I've set up a separate LR catalog just for the unedited Honduran photos which should make the editing go faster. Tom can't help. He's on a ladder putting up a tin ceiling in the basement! Thanks! Tina On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 12:34 PM Frank Filippone via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Tina... if I understand the nuances, YOU are picking and posting your > images > for the social purpose stated.... There is no person called "Editor" to > pick > the required images? > > I think you have little to no recourse.... and you will be happier with > the > result rather than hiring someone to do it for you..... which is the other > choice..... > > If you define Editing images as a pure selection project, no image > enhancement, no cropping, etc..... > The good news is that if you can sort at the rate of 1 image every 5 > seconds, which sounds long to me per image on this pass..... > With presumably 500,000 images, it will take 100,000 seconds > With 60 seconds to a minute, that is 1600 minutes > With 60 minutes to an hour that is roughly 30 hours. > > A month should do it for the first pass..... at the rate of 1 hour per > day.... > Second pass is less images, so say 1 more week > Third pass is less again, so say another week ( more time per image) > > Total would be maybe 6 weeks ...... That's not so bad..... > > Sometimes it is better emotionally to break up the big project into smaller > parts, completing one part at a time gives you a boost.... > Take 1 time period at a time... the July 2015 trip for example. And work on > them as a sub-catalog.... finish and go to the next.... > Do this by making a new LR catalog of SOME of the pictures in the big > catalog.... edit THAT catalog, then combine back into the main catalog.... > Repeat... > > You could set up another seat and "let" Tom help? > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at verizon.net > > Thanks, Frank. The only purpose behind editing is to choose which photos > might be used to make a difference. I have plenty of storage (just ordered > another 10TB drive for the Drobo) and will not through any away. Like > Gerry, I use the star system when I edit and put the 4 and 5 stars into a > special folder to eventually post somewhere. > > The stock photos I take are used to create income. The family photos from > Central America are used to try to make a difference. > > Thanks, > > Tina > > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 2:48 AM Frank Filippone via LUG > <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > It sounds to me like you wish to "throw away" the less good DIGITAL > > images..... at least that is what I read into your question...... > > consolidate, Maggie Steber, etc all indicate this.... > > > > The first question is ... Why? Why do you want to edit your images? > Are > > you being pushed by Almy to limit your Stock? Some other reason? > > > > Storage is so cheap, I can not see the thought of editing to save HDD > space > > as a really good idea..... HDD costs are now $20 per TB..... > > Doing some quick math... your files are 20MB per image ( a pure > > guess)...... > > or 50 images to a GB.... > > You have 400,000 images in 2 countries.... say half a million to make > > things > > easy.... That would be 10,000 GB.... > > There are 1000 GB in a TB.... > > The math says you have about 10TB in images..... for a total HDD cost of > > $200. > > Is it really worth your time to edit images whose cost to you is your > time, > > when you could be using that tine creating new images that would yield > you > > income? > > > > Is there something about editing that is important? That you NEED to do > to > > create income for yourself? > > What would you do with the "good ones" that can not be done with ALL of > > them? > > > > ITOD, you took your negatives and saved all of them ( ask Ted) .... Why > > does Digital Imagery require the throwing away of images? > > > > Buy more and bigger HDD.... edit when you take the SD cards ( or other) > and > > transfer them into your computer..... and go take more Pix.... > > > > Don't worry about Marie Kondo and the KomMari Checklists..... if that is > > what is driving the question..... > > > > Frank Filippone > > > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > <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>*