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I heard a very experienced professional National Geographic
photographer interviewed on TV talking about some of the
differences between film and digital. One difference he noted
was that, with digital, he tended to review his shots in camera
and delete those that he thought were no good. With film, he
sent his exposed film back to headquarters where his editor
looked at it before he did - sometimes choosing an image to
publish that the photographer would have thrown away. Only
later, after the photo editor singled it out for him, did he
realize that it was a great shot. He thought that some photos
were only recognized later for being as good as they were.
So, my question is, how selective are you in keeping photos? Do
you:
1. Review a shot immediately after taking it and delete it if it
doesn't impress you?
2. Review all your shots in the camera when time permits,
deleting those that don't impress you?
3. Save everything to your computer and review it there -
deleting shots that don't impress you?
4. Save everything, impressive or not?
It seems the closer we get to number 1 above, the more likely we
are to delete good photos by accident.
But the closer we get to number 4, the more likely we are to hang
on to reams of useless, embarrassing dross.
What do you tend to do? Why?
I heard a very experienced professional National Geographic
photographer interviewed on TV talking about some of the
differences between film and digital. One difference he noted
was that, with digital, he tended to review his shots in camera
and delete those that he thought were no good. With film, he
sent his exposed film back to headquarters where his editor
looked at it before he did - sometimes choosing an image to
publish that the photographer would have thrown away. Only
later, after the photo editor singled it out for him, did he
realize that it was a great shot. He thought that some photos
were only recognized later for being as good as they were.
So, my question is, how selective are you in keeping photos? Do
you:
1. Review a shot immediately after taking it and delete it if it
doesn't impress you?
2. Review all your shots in the camera when time permits,
deleting those that don't impress you?
3. Save everything to your computer and review it there -
deleting shots that don't impress you?
4. Save everything, impressive or not?
It seems the closer we get to number 1 above, the more likely we
are to delete good photos by accident.
But the closer we get to number 4, the more likely we are to hang
on to reams of useless, embarrassing dross.
What do you tend to do? Why?