{"id":196692,"date":"2019-12-14T07:40:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T15:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=196692"},"modified":"2019-12-14T10:23:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T18:23:34","slug":"how-to-edit-your-photos-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/14\/how-to-edit-your-photos-3\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Edit Your Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To edit your photos means to select and choose the photos you love and which are meaningful to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What does it mean to ‘edit’ your photos?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Downtown
Downtown LA father and son. Father opening popsicle with knife, 2011 #portra400<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

‘Editus<\/a>‘ in Latin means to BRING FORTH, which implies what you reject. It comes from the notion of bringing forth, produce, beget, to lift up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also to ‘edit’ comes from the Latin “editum<\/a>“, which literally means “lofty”, “elevated”. So in this sense, the photos you decide to “edit” (select) are the photos you consider the most great, the most lofty, and the most elevated. And to edit your photos is to publish, share, and bring forth your best work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Detroit,
Detroit, steam, Ford Fieta.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Why edit your work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Father
Father and sons. Downtown LA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Let us say you make 1,000 photos in a day. Do you really care equally for all 1,000 photos? Certainly you will care more about a certain photo more than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To edit your photos means to RANK your photos according to a hierarchy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To keep the top photos, and to ditch the photos you don’t care for.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\"Hong
Hong Kong flash. Money changer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How to know which photos you care for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Suits.
Suits. Wall Street American flag.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now this is a more personal question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What photos do you care for?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For myself, I generally care for photos about humanity. It either directly or indirectly involves humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, my SUITS<\/a> project:<\/p>\n\n\n\n