How to Cull Photos to Pick the Best
Posted: August 14, 2018
Being a photographer means taking hundreds, sometimes even thousands of photos in a session. The hard part is being able to choose which are the keepers and which don't quite make the cut. Having an established workflow can make this process easier. These simple tips can help you set up your workflow to be used each time, so chosing your best work will be a little easier.
Kevin Landwer-Johan, writer for Digital Photography School, shares how to choose the winners in your photo collection.
Can you happily throw away your worst images and concentrate on your winners? Are you confident culling your photos to find the best?
I know many photographers struggle to cull their photos after coming back home from an enjoyable photo session. It can be effortless to create hundreds of images from a photo session you are immersed in. But feeling buried by a mountain of new photos to post-process can be discouraging.
The key to breaking free of this dilemma is to discern which of the photos are worth keeping, which are the best, and which to throw out. To do this you need a method, a good healthy workflow. Possessing a positive attitude will be a considerable help too.
I use Adobe Lightroom to import and cull my images and I will refer to it during this article. The workflow I am sharing can be utilized with any similar software.
Read the entire article
Tips for Culling Your Photos – How to Throw Away the Worst and Concentrate on the Winners on
Digital Photography School.