Unit Seven : The Decision Process
A two week vacation culled to 15 imagees.Edit, Edit, Edit
Like any good movie or book, photography requires editing. No, I’m not talking about post processing, I’m talking about culling down your images to create a strong and intentional set. It can be Sophie’s Choice, but it’s crucial. When’s the last time you sat down and looked at all 350 photos in a friend’s Facebook album of their trip to Cleveland? Exactly. But what if that friend culled those 350 down to just 10, would you be more willing to look through them?
We talked about culling in a previous lesson, but it’s important to recognize that it is a crucial step in the storytelling process Look at the process below. Here you’ll see the result of two months in Greece, including a ferry trip in and out from Crete.
We start with an enormous amount of images which need to be gone through. These were already culled to be "keepers" as opposed to burry, over/underexposed, or missed shots.
The images were then sorted by common thread, in this case: location.
The final set is grouped together and placed in an order which makes narrative sense. If you'd like to see the complete photo story shown here, head over to this blog post.Some more examples of finished photo essays:
The sister essay to the above: How about Souvlaki Land?
Seen in the image at the top of this section: Family Vacation in Paris