{"id":111837,"date":"2018-08-29T12:47:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T19:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=111837"},"modified":"2018-08-29T12:48:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T19:48:56","slug":"how-do-you-know-which-photos-to-keep-or-ditch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/29\/how-do-you-know-which-photos-to-keep-or-ditch\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Know Which Photos to Keep or Ditch?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In photography, one of the most challenging tasks we have:<\/p>\n

\n How do we know whether we should keep or ditch a certain photo?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is what inspired me to build ARS BETA<\/a> with my friend Kevin, Cindy, and Annette, to make a photography platform which helps you select your best photos!<\/p>\n

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Help me, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m drowning!<\/h2>\n

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I love modern and digital\/phone photography. But this is the problem\u00e2\u20ac\u201d we have TOO MANY photos to choose from. The difficulty and challenging is knowing which photos are worth keeping, and which photos we should ditch, or let die on our hard-drives\/disappear into the digital ether.<\/p>\n

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The art of editing (image selection)<\/h2>\n

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Generally speaking, I think the binary of keeping or ditching is good. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the most simple way to approach image-selection and editing in photography.<\/p>\n

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Some ideas:<\/p>\n

First of all, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t fear that you might miss out some good photos. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel photo FOMO (fear of missing out). Sometimes we waste too much time looking through all our pictures (slowly) because we are afraid of losing a golden needle in a haystack.<\/p>\n

\"tokyo<\/p>\n

But recognize:<\/p>\n

\n You have the rest of your life to make good photos.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So even if you miss out on a few good photos through your editing process, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s okay! Sometime later this year you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll probably make better photos.<\/p>\n

\"Tokyo<\/p>\n

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1. Picking your favorite photos<\/h2>\n

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To keep it really simple, only pick the photos you like best.<\/p>\n

In Lightroom, use the hotkey \u00e2\u20ac\u0153P\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to Pick your favorite photos.<\/p>\n

\n Get free LIGHTROOM PDF VISUALIZATION ><\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I generally recommend looking at your photos in the grid view (Hotkey G) to see your photos as small thumbnails, then press L twice to turn off the Lights, then look at your photos in a grid view, with 3 photos horizontally. Then based on small thumbnails, pick the photos that jump out at you.<\/p>\n