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Does anyone else do this?
So... I've recently noticed that I have a habit: after distributing the pictures to the right people, and selecting the ones I want to upload to a site (say Tumblr, or my personal photog. page)... I simply look at the pictures, and begin to hate them. So I delete them. At first, I was scared that I would "miss" the pictures, but I don't? For whatever reason, I don't like to keep the files because I feel that "it happened already", and it is time to move on to something new and better. Now, I ask if anyone else does this because I've noticed that the very few photographer-friends I have all keep their pictures, catalog them, and even buy extra cloud space and external storage to save them all. Any comments? Jul 01 14 01:37 pm Link If I don't like a shoot I delete it. I know I will never use the photos why the hell waste space on them. Jul 01 14 02:42 pm Link I think destroying work is foolish Styles change The way you view things could change You learn new techniques, New tools emerge Heck bad images even as a learning tool of what not to do could have value. Jul 01 14 02:46 pm Link I hate them after a few days or weeks but not that fast! LOL I do keep about 6months worth of shoots at a time and purge the rest. I don't want to keep thousands of images and waste space. I save some older stuff online along with my back up files and when those sites vanish oh well......... Jul 01 14 02:51 pm Link Sometimes i delete folders full. Sometimes i delete as I'm downloading from camera.. Im always deleting on set too... Maybe i should stop...lolol Jul 01 14 02:54 pm Link Brooklyn Bridge Images wrote: what not to do is delete images. Jul 01 14 02:59 pm Link I keep everything except really bad ones liked blurry shots, closed eyes, etc. I don't hate my pictures but I do cringe sometimes after seeing the ones I think I could have done a bit better. I've had times where I go back to a shoot 9 months or more later and I find something I didn't realize would be a nice picture at the time but now I like it. Jul 01 14 03:23 pm Link I hate them, but I don't delete them. Usually I like them again when I go back to look at them later. Since most of my work is done for paying clients, deletion isn't an option! Also, 99.9% of the time, the clients love the pics. It's just me being me! Jul 01 14 03:24 pm Link Brooklyn Bridge Images wrote: Totally agree with this, I have went back to a second look and some previous images. Then a new perspective suddenly appears! Jul 01 14 04:06 pm Link I'm an IT guy by trade. I have backups of my backups, both local and offsite. Sure, I can see hating or tiring of some of your work, but why totally destroy it. Drives are cheap, storage nowadays is insanely large. Save a copy and archive it. You might like having it down the road. Jul 01 14 04:18 pm Link Hard drive storage is cheap. L A U B E N H E I M E R wrote: This guy knows what he is talking about! SPierce Photography wrote: +1 Jul 01 14 04:30 pm Link Hate it before pressing the shutter, then fix what is wrong Don't shoot it till you love it Pre-touch, rather than Re-touch . . . . some lofty ideals Jul 01 14 04:43 pm Link I post photos from shoots then use that as a reviewing mechanism that I revisit from time to time. Jul 01 14 04:46 pm Link I try to never ever delete PSD files. I accidentally deleted one that was nothing more than a fun self portrait of my colored hair and a year later someone asked to use the image for a major magazine; I only had a low res jpeg (they still used it but ugh the quality was horrible) I delete full folders of raw's when I know I'm not gonna use them and I do sometimes delete PSDs but it's at least a year later or if I seriously seriously hate the image. Honestly if I hate a picture enough that I'm just gonna delete it I'm probably not even gonna post online, not worth it. Jul 01 14 05:07 pm Link unless you have a photo that's a big money-maker it's all just dust in the wind. maybe don't hang on (but if you let go do that after delivering to the client!) -------------------------------------------------------------------- I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind. Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea All we do crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind. Jul 01 14 05:13 pm Link I keep them all. Drive space is so cheap, that a $120 will get you a 3TB drive, which will take a couple of years at least to fill up, even shooting regularly in RAW. Multiple times, I have had to look back at a shoot done 6 months+ in the past and found another image I wanted to edit and share. The point is. Recreating a shoot is so much more expensive than just keeping the photos. Jul 01 14 05:22 pm Link |
