hoyapolyneura

joined 10 months ago
[–] hoyapolyneura@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Talent speaks for itself. I’ve always thought: if you’re threatened by novice photographers, then maybe you should look at your own work and figure out why.

[–] hoyapolyneura@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I am definitely a weekend warrior

And you should not feel bad about it! If I could quit my job and dedicate 40+ hours a week to photography I’d do it in a heartbeat. But it’s a very high risk with the cost of living my city / absolutely needing health insurance at all times. I also don’t relate to this persons comment about not taking criticism. I’ve met loads of beginners who want nothing more than feedback and tips.

[–] hoyapolyneura@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (16 children)

In the past I dealt with a surprising amount of photographers who go out of their way to shit on novice photographers. Everyone was a beginner once.

[–] hoyapolyneura@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I don’t get why you’re culling images before taking them to Lightroom

Honestly, me either. I guess I never considered culling them their, but the star rating seems way more streamlined

 

I do photography as a side job. 100% self taught, and I think my lack of education when it comes to photo organization is going to catch up to me.

My current process is:

  • Back up photos on hard drive

  • Cull photos on my Mac by “tagging” them, and moving the tagged photos to Lightroom

  • Move them to the appropriate file in Lightroom. Photos are organized by subject > year > name/date. This also serves as a backup.

  • When I send photos to clients, I copy the photos to a floating file on my desktop and share them on a Google drive file. I do this because it (was) free and easy, except now I’m paying 9.99 a month for for more storage

This doesn’t seem like an ideal process to me. I don’t know what I don’t even know. Does anyone have a streamlined process they want to brag about?