Sorting the wheat from the chaff

When I return triumphantly from a shoot I always run excitedly up to the office and begin downloading the photos. The first step in my process is to download everything and then sort them into bins depending on what I plan to do with them. Here’s my system:

Bins

Unfortunately, here are the usual contents of the “Perfect” folder:

Perfect

Sigh. There’s always tomorrow, I suppose.

By John Watson

John is the original founder of Photodoto, but after running it for 4 years he had to focus on different things. If you're interested in what John has been up to recently, you can check is personal blog or browse his photo blog.

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  1. funny. i’m using lightroom these days and the star system. first i add 1-to-2 stars for photos i think i might keep. then i re-review and add more stars. then re-re-review and take stars away. then… you get the pic.

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