Scott Loveless wrote: > So > what's your method for culling the crap? > I keep everything except the non-exposures or absolute fooling-around shots.
All the original shots and work files go into the main database. Then I do a critical edit and those shots, and put the best into another database called "prime." Most of these shots also go onto my website. When I work on project, like putting an exhibit together or submitting entries to an agency or juried show, I drawn from that second database. Project picks are folded back into the prime database as a sub-folder for each project, so I have a record of what I have sent were. I also keep a small database of shots for which the rights are encumbered. I use Thumbs plus 7 for all this. When I was doing the art fairs I kept a yet another database with just the print masters of the images I was trying to sell. So if I ran out of an 11x14 of a particular shot I could pull it up in a jiffy to get more ready. That collection lives on my hard drive. I go back to the rough database from time to time and sometimes pull up shots that I really like, but missed in the first edit. Sometimes my "prime" pick turns up with a minor flaw not in another shot taken of the same subject. And, sometimes a photo editor wants something that I don't consider important in the shot I select. A lot of my bug shot sales go to textbooks, and there the editor often wants something very specific - like a clear shot of the bee's 5th eye on the top of it's head or something like that. HTH - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
