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Methods (mechanics) to select a set of pictures from large amounts
The process you are describing is commonly referred to as culling images.
Any modern photo editing suite will have features to help you accomplish this far more efficiently than a standard file ...
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Methods (mechanics) to select a set of pictures from large amounts
I use Lightroom so I answer for that.
In LightRoom, I can tag them with something, and later select only tagged ones.
Instead of tagging arbitrary photos, try the survey view. With the filmstrip ...
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Methods (mechanics) to select a set of pictures from large amounts
Divide and conquer.
You're obviously shooting a lot of shots of a given subject.
Let's break things down a bit.
Trip
5 zillion pix.
Instead
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Methods (mechanics) to select a set of pictures from large amounts
The number of images you are shooting appears to be excessive. I worked as a self-employed professional photographer and would not shoot that number of images in a month. I had one job which required ...
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Methods (mechanics) to select a set of pictures from large amounts
XnViewMP is a freeware advanced viewer which will store all metadata in sidecar XMP files (supported by other programs like Bridge and Lightroom) and has colour labels and ratings and hotkeys.
If you ...
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