Doug, I'd add that you're taking pictures of an event so the end-product should represent either the whole event or all of some aspect of the event.
It's quite important to tailor the product to the consumer. Like you said, the local SCCA, who provided the corner workers, is looking for pictures of their people and maybe some overall event representation shots. The winning cars (I didn't attend and haven't watched it on Tivo yet so no spoilers, eh?), and maybe a spectacular wreck like you captured last year. But what's the point of the "other" gallery you're working on? Is it to showcase you're work to prospective employers? For you and your other nut? (that's a not very inside joke, y'all) or to bring home to mom? You could end-up making several galleries to suit all your needs. As for size... well that depends on how many great shots you got. You could make a gallery that included shots of every car but that would be too big to wade through. I've made some that seemed too small for the occasion (06 GFM but I didn't get many good shots) and one that was arguably too many shots (07 GFM). Ultimately it's all about how you like it and how your consumer likes it. Clear as mud, right? Cory ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:22 AM Subject: Re: Culling and Editing (Long) > Scott Loveless wrote: > >> What I've been doing is coming back to those from time to time >> and going over them again. Each time I do this I delete a few, I might >> move a few to the keep pile, and the rest I leave where they are. >> Sometimes this takes several passes, and I usually give it enough time >> that the images aren't fresh in my mind when I restart the culling >> process. > > Hmmm. I guess I should've mentioned that I'm often on a deadline, > though sometimes self-imposed. For example, the Petit le Mans ran > October 3-6. I shot it "uncommitted" as well as "uncredentialed", so no > one was expecting any product from me. The deadline-to-printer for my > main consumer, however, is tomorrow, 10 October. > > Luckily, they primarily want shots that feature corner marshals. So > that meant only dealing with about 25% of all of the shots to begin > with. But I'll still have to go back to the other 75%, and soon. > Anyway, it took a full ten or twelve hours to do the post and upload the > results for the consumer to access. I've got more than three times that > for the remaining 75% due to details. > > OTOH, I have the notion to go through all of the motorsports shots, in > particular, and create a portfolio. Now /that/ is a difficult weeding > out process. And it brings the "characteristics of the gallery" > questions to the forefront, too. And it's "wholly" unconstrained by time. > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.6/1059 - Release Date: 10/9/2007 > 8:44 AM > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
