Jenn M
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Jun 19, 2007, 7:55 AM
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Re: [Brackish] What to do with the rejects?
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I've thought a lot about this, as well. At first, I was giving them EVERYTHING (except extreme OOF and misfires), mainly because I A) didn't know better and B) I was just so excited about every image I took. But I've re-evaluated my selection process to slim it down a bit.
I edit them with somewhat of the same motivations as I edit video, depending on content. For formals, ceremony and recep formalities, I eliminate redundant shots for the most part and shots that may suffer technically with bad focus/ exposure / composition, singling out the best 2 or 3 in a series (images that appear very similiar). For prep, candids, dancing, etc. I edit mainly for content, so even if it's a little OOF or has bad composition, who cares - they are more likely looking at it for the content.
I find, however, by narrowing down the images that are more likely to end up in an album (formals, etc), it is easier for the Client to choose their favorites if you do some of the dirty work for them, by narrowing down their selection. So often I've heard brides grumble that they don't 'know what to pick' or where to start. So by editing them down, I think you are more likely to have better aftersales b/c it's easier for them to choose something in a flash, rather than spend too much time thinking about it and then it never gets done.
And I buy into the idea of showing only the 'best stuff' to potential Clients (ie. website, advertising, samples etc) b/c a stranger is less likely to assign personal meaning to the image, so they are likely to be far more critical.
On the other hand, the Client in the images has a much harder time 'eliminating' images b/c they do assign personal meaning. I experienced this w/ my sis-in-law. I made the mistake of going thru images of her son, my nephew w/ her sitting right next to me. Of course, she wanted every image on her disk, and then when it came time to picking a few favorites for print, it took FOREVER.
But when I presented her with a surprise book I had made as a gift, she ended up getting enlargements made of the images in the book - the ones I chose.
To me, that only proved my point.
-Jenn
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