Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Agreed, EXCEPT if they show beloved ones - even a blurred, fuzzy, yecchy pix of someone you love(d) is an everlating treasure to be kept for your heirs to decide if ... Of course as Doug and George might put it YMMV Bonne Ann?e Philippe Le 2 janv. 11 ? 19:15, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> a ?crit : > > Lawrence Zeitlin asked: >>> That works out to 7780 pictures a >> year or over 21 pictures a day, nearly 2 every waking hour, rain or >> shine. >> And people say that drugs or alcohol are addictions. Is there a 12 >> step >> program for photographers? Help me before I snap again!<<<<<<< > > Good day Larry, > > Yep as simple a program as can be. Rather ruthless one might feel, > but it works!!!!!!!!!!! > > 1/ EDIT RUTHLESSLY! SHOW NO MERCY! KEEP NO PRISONERS IF NOT PERFECT! > > 2/ IF THERES THE LEAST BIT OF CAMERA SHAKE! ( and your heart is > over riding your brain like "aaahh gee whiz it's only > alittle bit and it's still kind of nice!" IT'S HISTORY! > > 3/ THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION OF ALL. "IS THIS ONE OF MY ALL TIME > TEN BEST EVER SHOT PICTURES?" If the answer is no ... > IT'S HISTORY. > > 4/ DON'T PUT THEM IN A CABINET AND COME BACK LATER! THEY'LL STILL > BE OUT OF FOCUS 6 MONTHS LATER! THEY'RE HISTORY! > > Follow these simple rules and you will only have the cream of the > crop! No point in keeping half assed images you will for the rest of > your life have to make an excuse why it isn't perfect everytime you > show it!! > > And accept the fact: " NO PHOTOGRAPHER HAS EVER BEEN PERFECT ON > EVERY EXPOSURE!" oh heavens there are a few who think they do! :- > ( But then they're the overblown idiots! > > SO EDIT LIKE IT MEANS YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT! TRUST ME IT'S A TOUGH > CALL, BUT PERCEIVER! > > I really learned the hard way through experince!.. Imagine editting > the numbers of images to create a National Archived collction of > 380,000 images. That's all keepers! :-) BE RUTHLESS! > > cheers, > Dr. ted :-) > > > > " <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> > To: "Leica LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 9:32 AM > Subject: [Leica] Plethora of pictures > > >> In keeping with a New Year's resolution I tried to clean up my 12" >> Powerbook >> hard disk and store all my images on another drive. A Spotlight >> search of >> .jpg in the hard drive revealed that I have over 38900 image files. >> I've >> only owned this little laptop since 2005. That works out to 7780 >> pictures a >> year or over 21 pictures a day, nearly 2 every waking hour, rain or >> shine. >> And people say that drugs or alcohol are addictions. Is there a 12 >> step >> program for photographers? Help me before I snap again! And I have >> two more >> computers to go. >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > NO ARCHIVE