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Here's some of what I do: Throw out the worst first. Blurry, blown out, excessively dark/noisy. Back-of-somene's-head is usually included here too. Repeat the above rule a few times, raising the bar for "worst" so that it's relative to the new set. Try to eliminate duplicates. This is an especially big deal when shooting in burst mode. Take X pictures that ...

I don't know if this is a great system, but here's what I do: After the shoot/session is done I immediately sort through every frame I took looking for the 'keepers.' I do it this way because for me it is easier to choose to keep the great shots than it is to delete the borderline shots... That may just be me. :-) Next I sort through every frame I didn't ...

First of all my workflow is based on Lightroom, but I know other software allows you to work like this. I never delete anything on camera. Import everything into Lightroom, I prefer not to skip any images at the import stage, this also means everything gets copied to my archive. First pass, in loupe view, image at full screen, I use the flagging system to ...

Not sure that a picture with incorrect histogram, excessively dark/noisy or blurred should be removed immediately. Sometimes I see that even defective picture looks good after time. For example (as for me): So I found the best method to select the best pictures: I just show the pictures to my wife.

Delete the bad ones vs. Keep the good ones. Until some months ago I have always taken the usual approaches: Mark the ones which are not really good, delete them, and repeat this step multiple times. I found this was very time-consuming and at the end I still had a lot more pictures than I wanted to have. My new way is the opposite: Mark the images you want ...

Delete is my friend and I use it frequently: Delete immediately in-camera if I know I missed a shot. Things like people entering the shot at the wrong moment, forgot the camera was in MF, etc. Delete anything that is not technically perfect: sharp, focused, well exposed, well framed, correct WB, level, etc as a first pass on the computer, using PMVIew Pro ...

If you've ever stood over a light table, not a light box, but a table that's 4'x4', covered with 35mm and medium format transparencies, you'd notice that some images jump out at you. Even with hundreds of shots in front of you, some grab your attention and others are invisible, even though, by themselves, they'd be great photos. That's why LightRoom, ...

Since some people in the question comments repeatedly told me it was rather trivial, I actually did it: An application that sorts the images in the current directory by leaving the actual head-to-head comparison to the user.1 Written in C# for .NET 2. Works on Mono (tested on Linux so far), too. Requires dcraw on the PATH (compiled executable for Windows or ...

This article by Chase Jarvis explains his awesome workflow. He shows how he selects few pics to put on his portfolio and show to his clients from a set of about 15K clicks.. This is the summary: There are 5 stars available in any workflow management s/w like bridge or aperture. He uses the stars in following manner to sort the pictures out. 1* – Pace: Full ...

Deleting comes first in my workflow. As I mostly take photos during vacations, some many pictures add up. I have noticed that often the same process holds if I go shooting some special site/object only: Deleting done sometimes already in camera (you know when you f*ck up) at first review: I move everything I do not like into a deleted-folder1 this way ...

1) Did you take a picture? 2) Keep the picture. That's it. Take a blurry picture of your shoe by accident? How do you know in ten years you'll not be into abstract shoe shots? Or perhaps just want what happens to be the only image of what turned out to be your favorite shoes. The point is, there's no need to decide. Just keep. Over time review what ...

I have struggled with the same question on occassion. One of the first things to look at is how you are reviewing the images. There are various tools out there that can help with the task. For example there is Lightroom and PhotoMechanic to name two of the popular ones. These have rating tools, or flags for setting Pick or Reject. However this task can also ...

Use Lightroom's Synchronize command. You can execute this command at whatever level in your catalog is most appropriate, and you will have the option to remove all missing files which, if you have already intentionally deleted your image files, is what you want.

I wrote a script in Python to do the work for me. It's called remove-orphaned-raw-images.py and I published it on Github. Basically it iterates over all the files in a given folder and moves orphaned raw images (in my case *.CR2 files with no matching JPEG) to a backup folder. Optionally you can tell the script to actually delete the files. Here is an ...

Using the question you mentioned - I have written you a script ok warning! be careful with this script! - MAKE A BACKUP 1) Make a bat file called clean.bat and put it in the dir that you want to work with 2) Then enter the following into the bat file mkdir keep for /f "delims==" %%r in ('dir /b *.jpg') do move "%%~dpr%%~nr.nef" "%CD%\keep\" 2> nul ...

The best for what, is always the question. If something is going to be printed large or shown where you want people to admire both technique and artistry, then you start by removing technically flawed images. If the image is going to someone who is not going to be primarily judging on technical merit, you probably want to look for the best composition or ...

I have consistently found that an iterative approach leads to the best results. How you do the iterations depends on many factors, including what you mean by best, the % of good and bad photos you take, how many of your photos are technically ok (in focus) etc. Either way, the goal is to eliminate more photos quickly in the early passes and pay closer ...

One of the toughest, but most effective, things to do is discard (I don't necessarily mean delete forever, just don't include it in that final 10) any image that isn't technically perfect. So if you didn't nail the focus, or there's something distracting in the picture (whether it's litter or you didn't frame the picture right so there's a tree growing out ...

At events with a lot going on (races, air shows, sports games) reviewing in camera and being more considerate with your shots aren't always that practical. The latter comes with experience, but even when experienced you still want to be taking a series of shots in these scenarios (guaranteed you would end up with a silly facial expression or closed eyes if ...

Yes, Total Commander can do this. I will post step by step screen shots here. For the example I have 3 folders a,b, and c. A is the working folder where the subset is. B is the backup with all files. C is the destination for the deleted files First enter both folders in the split view: Then Commands->Synchronize dirs and "compare": Then deselect ...

Any better way of doing this? Yes: delete them from within Lightroom, which will remove them from the Lightroom catalog and gives you the option to delete from the filesystem. To fix this, you can just go to Lightroom and find the file(s) you deleted and delete. You'll be warned that the file can't be found, and can just proceed.

Everything I shoot goes, unsorted, nothing deleted except complete failures (like flash failed to fire, causing a completely black frame, shutter failure) on DVDs labelled with datastamps and project name. Using 4GB CF cards helps, I just burn each card to DVD. Each card then gets processed in turn, yielding a new (2nd) DVD with processed versions in TIFF ...

I think if you're working professionally, leave the deleting until after the client has signed off. Yes, there may be some photos you will obviously never use but it's always good to stay safe and keep the ones that aren't total rejects. If you delete a photo that was only marginally unpleasant you can never get it back in case it's needed (whatever reason ...

Your first hurdle here is to define what you mean by "best" in the context of that particular set of images. What's the purpose that collection of 10 is going to be put to? Is it for submission to a photography course where they'll be judged on technical merits (and which?)? Is it a wildlife shoot for National Geographic? Is it for a wedding album of your ...

There are some great answers so far, so I won't reiterate what others have stated. On a different level, I think it should be stated that there is not necessarily one correct, "algorithmic" way to do this. This process is one where the human mind truly excels, and where rigid algorithms and "computers" break down. Choosing the top 10 "best" photos from a ...

I delete photos that are technical failiures - grossly out of focus, vastly misexposed, etc. Other than that, in principle I don't delete. Instead, I get a bigger harddisk once in a while. With 640 gigs for photos AND videos, you are in an eternal space crunch. Get more and bigger disks. Seriously. They are cheap. You are effectively burning your ...

I would suggest, as my previous speakers too, to start with sorting out/deleting. I try to get down to one keeper per subject, though I do not force myself. Since I am shooting to get pictures it does not matter if there may be more than one keeper per subject. However, the goal of one keeper per subject, enforces me to just keep really good pictures of a ...