Do you keep EVERY picture you take?

Karl C wrote in post #2473867
Nope, the obviously trashed and useless shots are forever deleted.

I keep everything only because it is too much trouble to go through and delete the "obviously trashed and useless shots".

Rad

i am quite new to SLR, but have been shooting with a P&S for a long time......so I have composition down well enough.

however, being new to SLR....I am having to relearn how to shoot, specifically choosing proper settings and proper holding technique. as a result: quite a few of my shots come out blurry (bad choice in shutter settings, bad form etc).

if i can tell it's blurry or whatnot on my tiny lcd, then obviously it's pretty bad. those get deleted on the spot.

i'm learning to check the histogram and trying to rely on it much more now, if i can tell my exposure is way off by reading that and there is definitely time permitting (landscape etc) then i will sometimes delete and change settings and try again. i try not to though, unless it's really badly exposed.

i definitely try to keep as much as i can. as they can definitely turn into really fun CS2 projects later on down the road. i usually only delete ones that i end up really hating the composition on, or are horrendously blurry.

even ones with a bad exposure can end up being incredible monotone, duotone, or B&W.

wax on, wax off

Miyagi-san wrote in post #2478292
i'm learning to check the histogram and trying to rely on it much more now

I don't rely much on the histogram any more.

I was surprised to learn, while reading one of Bruce Fraser's (R.I.P. ) books, that the histogram you see on the camera's LCD shows what it would look like if the image had been processed to JPG using the current camera settings. I always shoot RAW, which means that histogram really isn't completely accurate for my images. I wait until I get back to a computer and load it into ACR before I decide if it's a keeper or not. As a result, I tend to shoot several shots of the same scene when I can, so I can pick out the best one later. Good thing storage is relatively cheap!

thomascanty wrote in post #2478340
I don't rely much on the histogram any more.

I was surprised to learn, while reading one of Bruce Fraser's (R.I.P. ) books, that the histogram you see on the camera's LCD shows what it would look like if the image had been processed to JPG using the current camera settings. I always shoot RAW, which means that histogram really isn't completely accurate for my images. I wait until I get back to a computer and load it into ACR before I decide if it's a keeper or not. As a result, I tend to shoot several shots of the same scene when I can, so I can pick out the best one later. Good thing storage is relatively cheap!

....that's news to me. Interesting I'll have to try to save my deleting for the PC with the big screen