{"id":138334,"date":"2019-04-09T19:03:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T02:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=138334"},"modified":"2019-04-09T19:19:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T02:19:33","slug":"how-to-edit-your-own-photography-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/09\/how-to-edit-your-own-photography-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Edit Your Own Photography Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To ‘edit<\/a>‘ your project means to select your favorite photos for a certain project. Here are some practical thoughts and tips on editing your own photography projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Which photos do you care for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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To ‘curate<\/a>‘ your photos literally means to select the photos you care for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I curate my photos and select the photos this is what goes through my mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Which photos do I care for? Which photos evoke strong emotions in me? Which photos spark lovely memories of the past, and which photos do I consider beautiful and artistic?<\/li>
  2. How can I choose my strongest images, yet still have a variety<\/em> of different types of images?<\/li>
  3. How do I balance consistency & variety within a certain photo project?<\/li>
  4. Which photo projects of the past should I kill (not show photos), and which photos do I still care about?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Time is the ultimate counselor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    When I’m putting together my photo projects, what I try to do is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Never stop distilling my photos from the past.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    For example the photos below are from my ‘Dark Skies Over Tokyo’ project. I shot these photos in Japan from 2011-present, and these are the photos that I still like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Therefore with your photo projects, a practical tip is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Select photo projects you’ve worked in the past, and constantly critique\/judge them. Only keep the projects in the past that you still think are strong today!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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    Tell your own personal story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    I spent about a year living in Vietnam (between Hanoi and Saigon), and I grew and evolved a lot as a person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For myself, my time living in Vietnam was essential to my personal growth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Spending a long time disconnected; allowing me to think deeply, philosophize about new ideas — which helped contribute to my own personal growth (studying cinema<\/a>, painting, poetry<\/a>, and more).<\/li>
    2. My opportunity to learn more about Cindy’s culture (she is Vietnamese-American)– while also me learning Vietnamese.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Thus my photos are a reflection of my personal experiences in Vietnam. I hope to show my soul<\/a> through my photos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Keep it simple<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      I generally use the Mac in the ‘list view’, and copy and paste my photos over into new folders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      I like to look at my photos as small thumbnails,<\/a> to quickly judge my images based on my gut. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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