Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 22, 2007, at 10:25 AM, Philippe Orlent wrote: > The best way to edit yourself (and not leave it to an unbiassed > person, which is better anyway) is to put the images away for some > time (say two weeks, with your shooting rythm: this way your first > memory (where and when taken, what the situation was etc.) will be > less strong, which will give you a more 'objective' judgement), and > then to review them. The good ones will pop out automatically. > What I do very often (since I don't use Lightroom) is to view > everything in Bridge, and narrow down the selection by giving them > stars. This gives you about 5 steps (5 stars) to find the ones you > really like. > Another important thing, which you will certainly must have read > about on this list (and I'm not very good at this), is to never > throw away any original, even after your edit: one reviewing day > might may give you a slightly different selection vs. the other, > not to speak of reviewing images of several years old, which > sometimes suddenly get a whole new relevance. doing some of this now...can't agree more ! especially about keeping all images, and review again after several years... Steve