Throw away photos - general curiosity

11/20/2004 05:34:55 PM · #26

well, i guess that's the end goal.

and i see that as a fairly important skill.
it likely makes for less frustration - say after returning from a trip where you 'think' you shot 250 photos...

how would shoot if you were using film?

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/20/2004 06:26:43 PM · #27

I wasn't to conservative there either.
I just was relaxing and thinking about this. Your goal is good because you want to become better.
But let's say that every picture you took from now on was a keeper. Pretty soon you would have thousands upon thousands of pictures. Now. What is the purpose of those pictures? What is their value to you or to the world? That is what I think about when I delete mine. It's not that they aren't up to par. If I was using photography to document my life or doing something more important, I would want to keep more. But I do it mostly to amuse myself. I never get to frustrated because I do look at and evaluate most of my pictures on my computer. I would never assume that I had 250 good shots by just looking at the lcd display.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

11/20/2004 06:51:04 PM · #28

Originally posted by pcody:

But I can see how it would be easy to want to keep everything. Some of you might become famous someday and will need all those pictures to sell, or at least to show your progress.

But Andy Warhol promised!

The trick will be to find them in 15 minutes ...

11/20/2004 07:02:30 PM · #29

wouldn't it be nice if you did?

Originally posted by pcody:

I would never assume that I had 250 good shots by just looking at the lcd display.

if every photo i took was a keeper - they would all be archived.
the purpose of my photos is to capture a thought of mine, or a moment in time viewed through my eyes. hopefully they are pleasing to a viewer, or have some emotion or meaning attached to them. ( for others )

if they are/become valuable - BONUS

Message edited by author 2004-11-20 19:03:04.

11/20/2004 07:07:04 PM · #30

Paul. It's only 15 seconds. How ever will you show all those thousands of pictures in that short of time?
Sorry: it was 15 minutes?

Message edited by author 2004-11-20 19:18:28.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/20/2004 07:18:02 PM · #31

I guess what I'm saying about keeping them all is eventually, because the mass of the pictures will grow, each one will become less valuable to you. Even if they do show your life in minute detail, you will not have time to enjoy them. I want to look back and see moments where I discovered something new and moments that I think are a sum of what my life was like at a particular moment. I don't want to get bogged down in all the details of life by having to look at a 100 photos when there could be just one I can look at and recall everything before or after it was taken.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

11/20/2004 07:51:57 PM · #32

Originally posted by pcody:

Paul. It's only 15 seconds. How ever will you show all those thousands of pictures in that short of time?
Sorry: it was 15 minutes?

"In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes."
Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/20/2004 07:54:57 PM · #33

those are the 1-2% that get printed... ;}

Originally posted by pcody:

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

11/20/2004 07:55:55 PM · #34

Originally posted by soup:

those are the 1-2% that get printed... ;}

Originally posted by pcody:
I guess what I'm saying about keeping them all is eventually, because the mass of the pictures will grow, each one will become less valuable to you. Even if they do show your life in minute detail, you will not have time to enjoy them. I want to look back and see moments where I discovered something new and moments that I think are a sum of what my life was like at a particular moment. I don't want to get bogged down in all the details of life by having to look at a 100 photos when there could be just one I can look at and recall everything before or after it was taken.

Or still on the hard drive in the "Edited" folder : )

11/20/2004 08:05:39 PM · #35

Now that you have said that 2% will actually mean something to you, lets go back to the original question. Why are you keeping the 98% that will mean nothing to you in a year?
I think I have gone on to long with this thread. Like I said before, I don't like holding onto things. That's why I delete most of my pictures. The ones I think will have value for me for the future, I keep.