It’s time to pull back the curtain.  Have you ever wondered how I choose which photos go up for sale?  Well, wonder no more!  I’m about to break it down for you in 3 steps!  So, here’s how I choose a photo to sell.

1. Culling

First, I come back from a photo shoot with lots of photos.  Not all the photos I have are worth using.  I must cull out the best ones.  Culling takes time and effort.  I must look at every photo I took.  Then, I must evaluate its potential as a final processed image.  Many times, I can do this almost immediately.  I make a list of the photos worth examining closer and bring them into Lightroom for further examination and work.

2. Processing

Next, after pulling out the photos which hold the most promise, I process them up.  I make them look their best given what I have to work with.  Other photos get culled during this process.  Sometimes a photo looks promising in raw but, for one reason or another, doesn’t work out when processed.  So, I remove these photos from consideration.  They often remain behind.  However, occasionally, I can bring one of them out for show once I figure out how to process it up to my satisfaction.  I cannot emphasize enough just how rare this is.  I believe I’ve only recovered a handful of previously rejected photos.

3. Selecting

Lastly, once I’ve figured out which photos are worth showing off, I might take extra notice of a photo (or even more than 1 photo) which really stand(s) out to me.  It surprises me and makes me glad I decided to stick with landscape photography.  I feel like I’m looking at something another professional landscape photographer created.  That’s when I know I will put a photo up for sale.  Please keep in mind that each photo I choose to sell is exceptional to me.  You may not agree.  That’s the nature of art.  Still, I make a point of only selling the best of the best.

Conclusion

So, in conclusion, I make some snap judgements about which photo(s) I choose to sell.  It it works for me, then I consider it.  If not, it stays in the reject bin.  Thanks to art being so subjective in nature, I can only tell or show what appeals to me.  You might have different taste in landscape photography.  However, I only offer my very best landscape photos for sale.