[Leica] Editing

[Peter Dzwig]

Tina,

I read this last night and have thought about it quite a bit since. Here
is my 2p-worth.

The temptation with todays storage costs is to save the lot and WTH! But
the rea question is: are you editing for yourself? for posterity? for
work? forp...

Once you have made that decision then do as Don suggests; but don't
throw the others away. Make a drive called "For..." (fill in as
appropriate)  and edit onto that in much the way that Don suggested.

This way you have an archive PLUS your choice for whatever purpose.
Things may appear to have a very different value in a few years time.
Recall that your pictures of tradesmen in Iran may just have been taken
because they were "quaint" (supply your own term if you wish), but now
they are historical documents of some considerable documentary worth.

To actually make the selection, follow Maggie's advice.

Peter

On 30/07/2019 23:35, Tina Manley via LUG 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
> 

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Dr. Peter Dzwig