My daughter-in-law's grandfather culled his slides at 90 years old. He threw out all the landscapes and only kept pictures with people in them. He said nobody was interested in the rest. I hope to live so long... Regards, Bob S.
On 4/23/07, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
