[Leica] Tina's softness/sharpness/focus issue - might be solved, in part

[George Lottermoser]

Problem with this:

Help editing to what criteria?
1) Marketability?
2) Photojournalistic power?
3) Pictorialness?
4) Personal taste?
5) Aesthetic power
6) So-called Decisive Moments?
7) Developing a "Consistent Body of Work?"
8) Making a mark within the "History of Photography?"
9) Developing a unique personal statement about Cuba?
10) A feature article?

And no matter what criteria you may be attempting to edit towards
The only way I could imagine "helping" you would be if I had access to Light Table.

Looking at one or two raw, unfinished samples at a time doesn't make for any sort of sane editing decisions; even if I knew what the editorial criteria and goals were; which I don't.

Which is pretty much why I haven't been commenting on your Cuba photos.
You're showing a very loosely edited collection of unfinished travel photographs.
I simply enjoy them on that level; a simple sharing of your trip.

a note off the iPad, George

On Mar 20, 2015, at 9:02 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> I should make it clear that this is MY problem, not the problem of anyone
> who is trying to help.  It is my trap that I have made for myself.  I need
> to learn to filter out what I can use and what is irrelevant to my
> editing.  I take every comment entirely too seriously which is a problem I
> have had all of my life and has nothing to do with fiddling with exposure
> settings or anything else.  I just need help editing content.  I would love
> to hire a full-time editor. I can't.  I appreciate any comments I can get
> on content.