cruzyn56
5th of March 2006 (Sun), 20:34
I just went through a excercise in organiziing my images. Found some duplication most likely from some long forgotten new and improved organizing scheme. In doing this "reorg" I was able to see just how many images I have from 3 years of digital imaging. So many of the same subject. Sometimes 20 or more images of the same mountain. At the time, I was probably experimenting with aperture, different focus points, ISO and shutter speed, or just that the clouds moved, the sun came out, the boat moved and it was a slightly different angle.
When I shot film I was more selective and probably due to the cost of film, forced myself to be so. In the digital era I seem to have regressed to my days as a television cameraman, where we shot everything and alot of it. Better to have too much footage than not enough may be good for film and video, but I am not sure it goes for digital photography. My 120GB drive is practically filled; then there is the question of backup, DVDs, etc. Not to mention out of all of those images of a snowcapped mountain, which will I print?
So from this review of my images and carefree shooting technique I am determined to make more shots count. Get the shot and go on to the next one, enjoy the vacation or cruise, rather than viewing it from the viewfinder of a camera.
You might recommend deleting the ones that look the same. True. But that entails making a decision of which are the best and which to cull. Easier to decide which to take through photoshop and send for print, than to decide which to delete.
How many of us delete images that are good, not the best, somewhat duplicates?
When I shot film I was more selective and probably due to the cost of film, forced myself to be so. In the digital era I seem to have regressed to my days as a television cameraman, where we shot everything and alot of it. Better to have too much footage than not enough may be good for film and video, but I am not sure it goes for digital photography. My 120GB drive is practically filled; then there is the question of backup, DVDs, etc. Not to mention out of all of those images of a snowcapped mountain, which will I print?
So from this review of my images and carefree shooting technique I am determined to make more shots count. Get the shot and go on to the next one, enjoy the vacation or cruise, rather than viewing it from the viewfinder of a camera.
You might recommend deleting the ones that look the same. True. But that entails making a decision of which are the best and which to cull. Easier to decide which to take through photoshop and send for print, than to decide which to delete.
How many of us delete images that are good, not the best, somewhat duplicates?