You’ve just had a photo shoot and taken some amazing photos. Now you return to your computer to process up those images and make them into the best they can be. How do you know which photos to choose? Actually, it’s a simple process to find the right photo for processing.
Choosing the right photograph to process can feel like a complicated business. I know. Culling isn’t always top on my list of exciting tasks. It’s really a lot easier than it sounds.
Simply put, culling is choosing out the best handful of images to process. The act of culling is mostly about the process of eliminating the wrong specimens from the pool of candidates. When you remove those not worthy, you are left with those which are. From those left, you can choose the right photo (or photos) for processing as you will even cull this list. Culling involves seeing the potential in raw photos like the version depicted above. You may not see the final version right off, but you see the photo may become something that beautiful and amazing.
The number of worthy images leftover will be different every time. It may be as many as ten photos or as few as one photo. You may even decide that none are worth the effort. That’s just fine too. I’ve done that many a time.
When you are deciding which photos will and will not make the cut, there are a few points to consider which will help shorten the list of photos to consider.
The process of culling out the right photographs can be a bit time consuming but won’t be overly difficult if you follow these steps. You will certainly end up with above average pictures to make your final cut from. The discovery process can be very revealing about yourself and exciting once you find those select few amazing photos worthy of processing. Then you know you found the right photo(s) for processing.
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