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How about taking fewer photos? Do you really need two nearly identical photos of a hand reaching for food in a Japanese restaurant, or three photos of a bowl of
by aaronbrethorst 11y ago
How about taking fewer photos? Do you really need two nearly identical photos of a hand reaching for food in a Japanese restaurant, or three photos of a bowl of miso soup?
On my last trip, I shot four rolls of 120 film (645 format, so 64 photos total), and maybe 500 digital photos, of which I deleted 90%. I still save about 5,000 RAW files per year, or about 100GB/year, but this is a relatively manageable amount. I'm approaching the saturation point on my iMac's hard drive, but should be able to last for another several years by shipping the oldest RAWs off to Glacier and keeping high-res JPGs around locally for reference.
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also, next time you're up here in Seattle, you should visit the Jose Rizal Bridge at sunset, and the observatory on the 73rd floor of Columbia Tower.
- PStamatiou 11y agoThanks for the Seattle tip! I'm up there somewhat often as part of my team is there. I have done the Columbia Tower but not that bridge. As for taking fewer photos, I like to capture as much as possible and then I distill that down later into my photo sets/stories. I want a big funnel to choose from and not have to do that on the fly. This is my hobby and passion and I love it. :) As for the nearly identical photos aspect - I always take a few shots & similar compositions of the same thing to make sure that at least one shot is super in focus.
- aaronbrethorst 11y agoI always take a few shots & similar compositions of the same thing to make sure that at least one shot is super in focus. I get it, I do the same thing when I shoot digital. I'm just recommending that those photos never make it past the Previous Import section in Lightroom. If you're aiming for tack-sharp focus, it should be quite straightforward to do a very quick culling then. Also, please say hi to Chris Burrows for me; I haven't seen him since we worked on Visual Studio together about a million years ago :)
- PStamatiou 11y agoWhoa you know Chris! He's on my team and we have standups every day. Amazing developer with a great design and product sense!
- vvanders 11y agoYup, proper post-import culling is key. I shoot a ton but 95% of it never makes it past import. Lightroom is great at this and why you see a large number of photogs using it.
- slantyyz 11y ago>> I shoot a ton but 95% of it never makes it past import If you've got a computer friendly game controller, one neat way to speed up your culling is to use some key mapping software (Joy2Key on Windows, Joystick Mapper on Mac) to make the controller's buttons map to rating or mark for deletion commands for LR/Aperture/Other. You can then sit back and zip through your shots very quickly.
- sib 11y agoI occasionally get the "culling" bug and spend an hour or two doing it. Then I realize that time is better spent on making new images, postprocessing images, or doing my day job to pay for the next photo trip. Most professional photogs I know spend very little effort or time on culling.