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August 17, 2005
Don't Delete Images
 
Unlike film, shooting digital does not incur a cost per shot. This means that for little to no money, you can shoot literally thousands of photos, whereas with film, there would be a cost associated with each photo taken (film and processing). This has both advantages and disadvantages for the digital photographer. As photographers, we are now free to experiment and shoot much more than we would if we were shooting film. This also means that through our experimentation or freedom from cost, a greater percentage of our shots are likely to be poorer in content or quality as we become more carefree with our photography. Most people, after switching to digital, shoot a lot more without thinking about their shots, or think they can fix them later on the computer. Those images that you think you don't want now, may become important in the future though. An out of focus or improperly exposed shot can become the background for a montage of shots of a particular event; it may have a single element (a flower, or a pet) that you want to take out of the photo digitally or it may have a family member or friend in it that few people have photos of. Even a bad shot will help preserve a memory down the road. With the cost of storage (hard drives, CD's or DVD's) it costs pennies to store your images. You don't want to delete those overexposed, or slightly out of focus images. They may one day prove to be valuable to you.
Next week we will talk about backing up your images.
Posted on August 17, 2005 02:28 PM |
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Hi Chris,
although i dont follow this tip (If I never deleted images, I would wind up with dozens of useless duplicates of any action moment, making for a drag of an impromptu slideshow), your articles are well-written. Thanks for taking the time to make them.
Posted by: David Laporte at September 15, 2008 3:39 AM
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