On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:14 AM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote:
> It helps that I don't retain any mediocre (IMO) images. If I did that, i would not need two external HD's Dave > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Halpin" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: What to submit > > >> I have never been a very organized person, have relied more on memory >> than structured filing systems, etc. But I am getting older and my memory >> isn't as sharp as it once was. So I have been forced to compensate. (Read >> my book - Day, Harrison and Halpin, An Integrative Approach to Leader >> Development, Routledge Press, 2009 - for more information on the >> selection-optimization-compensation mechanisms.) Therefore I have gotten >> reasonably good at going through my images in Lightroom soon after download >> and tagging the better shots as "ones" or "twos" or "threes". I later do a >> second pass and select a few "fours", and very seldom a "five", from out of >> the "threes". Pulling images to use in a Blurb book, the size of the image >> on the page tends to reflect the rating. If I find a "four" or "five" that >> doesn't feel right as a full-page, I decrease the rating. >> >> So, between my first and second passes, and then some re-evaluation when >> thinking about which images to actually use (e.g., in a book) or which to >> expend funds on to print, I wind up with a handful of "fives" in my >> catalog. Sort by rating, look at those select images, and pull two that >> others (like my wife) have also appreciated. It was pretty easy, actually. >> I had four that I dithered over, but decided to save the cormorant and >> anhinga shots for a special PUG. >> >> My "best" shots are probably among the ones that I dismissed on my first >> or second pass. When my wife gets involved in the review process, she is >> always picking out shots that I would discard. But I wasn't looking for the >> two definitive shots that would for all time make a statement about my >> abilities as a photographer, I was just looking for two shots that I would >> not be ashamed to have out there. >> >> If I started from scratch with 10,000 or so unrated images and tried to >> select two I would quickly go crazy and resort to throwing darts. Which >> would make a real mess of my LCD screen... >> >> stan >> >> On Jan 8, 2009, at 2:35 PM, John Celio wrote: >> >>> I just can't decide how to pick two photos out of all of 2008 for the >>> PDML book. >>> >>> How did those of you who have submitted photos make that decision? >>> >>> John >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.neovenator.com >>> http://www.cafepress.com/calemp >>> http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
