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The Art of Choosing Your Best Photos: How to Cull and Edit Down Your Portfolio

The most difficult thing for us to do as modern photographers — have the skill to choose our best images; the photos we truly care for:

My technique

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Flux portfolio. Your portfolio is always in a state of flux. You are always adding to it, removing from it, subtracting from it, or re-arranging things. Delete old stuff, but also re-upload old stuff. Delete new stuff, but also upload new stuff. The future portfolio is simple — your website!

How to select and cull down your photos

The art of letting your photos marinate:

Over time, the cream rises to the top.

Typically with my photos it goes something like this:

There are some photos I used to really really love, but now I find them “meh”. Other photos I once thought were “meh”, I really really like!

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Follow your gut

Let us not over-think it. If you like the photo, it is a good photo!

ERIC


PHOTOGRAPHY 101

PHOTOGRAPHY 101

PHOTOGRAPHY 101

Dear friend,

If you’re new to photography, start here:

  1. The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Mastering Photography
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Photography is Everything!

Photography Tips


Photography Articles

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Photography Techniques


Everyday Photography

RICOH GR II selfie in mirror, double eye surreal. Prague, 2017
RICOH GR II selfie in mirror, double eye surreal. Prague, 2017

Color Photography 101

Photography Philosophy

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Photography Inspiration

The Fundamentals of Photography


Photography Equipment »

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Motivation »

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Post-Processing

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How to Create a Body of Work

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Technical Photography Settings

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Learn From the Masters of Photography

MASTERS PROTOTYPE by HAPTIC

“He without a past has no future.”

Start here:

  1. Why Study the Masters of Photography?
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  3. Cheat Sheet of the Masters of Photography
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The Masters of Photography

Prague, 1968. Josef Koudelka / Magnum Photos
Prague, 1968. Josef Koudelka / Magnum Photos

Classics never die: