Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, I have not waded into this as yet. Typically, after a safari of 10 days, I will have 15k-20k shots. I let them lie untouched for about 7-10 days after I come back, to get the emotions of taking any photograph out of it, and start editing. I normally whittle that down to 500-600 frames in a couple of days (not too difficult as the numbers are made up of tons of nearly identical shots, thanks to big buffers and high FPS!). When editing (i.e. eliminating), I go by pure trust in my subconscious - if I instantly like a composition, I keep it, otherwise it goes on the chopping board. I might miss a few good ones this way, but I am left with the vast majority of keepers to further analyze and process. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 12:21 AM Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Thanks, Lluis! That's valuable information and a great quote. I wish I > did print out more of my photos but these days I'm usually looking at them > on the computer screen. Ink is so expensive!! I only print out photos > when they are going to be exhibited somewhere. I do have two 24" screens > to view them on and somebody suggested I try Photo Mechanic for editing. > That is a life-changer!! The files pop up so fast and so big it makes > editing much, much faster. I'm still using LR to develop the photos but > Photo Mechanic for editing is the way to go. > > I appreciate all of the advice! > > Thanks!! > > Tina > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 2:13 PM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > Tina, > > > > I have not yet commented about your question, I haven?t followed all the > > comments, this take some time for me in English, but I specially agree > > those from Mark Rabiner and Gerry. I?m sure that the main pictures of > your > > big work has already been edited and I think rarely new ones will give us > > new values. I suppose that the pictures you mention are from film time > and > > maybe you kept the contact sheets, for me these have a great value, > choose > > the more significant, they will show us the evolution about the manner > you > > have decided tell us a story with your final selected picture. > > > > It is always very difficult make a choice of our pictures, we make > > undreds, thousends but the ones that finally remain are a few ones. It is > > very nice share in the LUG our pictures, but wit all my respect to all of > > us, we show good pictures, this is normal for experienced good > > photographers as the ones of this list but real good pictures? how many > in > > a year per person? > > > > When I have to select pictures ?. is like a nightmare for me and > > frequently I remember and read again and again the Sergio Larrain?s > words: > > > > <<Enlarge your framed compositions and put them up on the wall. To live > > with them. To see them as you pass by. > > If you are sure a Photo is no good, throw it away!. Take the better ones > > and stick them a little higher up up on the wall, in the end you will > have > > kept only the good ones, and no others. Holding on to the mediocre ones > > will condemn you to mediocrity. Keep the ?hits? only, the really > arresting > > images, throw out the rest because everything you keep will be retained > in > > the unconscious.>> > > Sergio Larrain, letter to Sebastian Donoso, 1982 > > > > Cheers > > Lluis > > > > > > > El 1 ag 2019, a les 21:46, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> va > > escriure: > > > > > > On a related vein Avedon said it's not what you shoot it's what you > show > > them. > > > It's what they see. > > > Control your work! > > > (major paraphrase.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > Photographer > > > > > > ?On 7/31/19, 9:11 AM, "LUG on behalf of Gerry Walden via LUG" > > <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > > lug at leica-users.org> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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