Flag and Rating System
To help me narrow down which images I like out of the chunk that I have, I used the ‘flag’ tool on Lightroom which allows me to put little flags in the corners of the photos that I like the most. This helps me identify which photos I will consider editing and using as my final images. The next step that I will take to lessen the number of photos to choose from is to rate them which will allow me to pick the best photos to edit and have as my final images. To rank them there are five stars underneath each photo where you can put how good you think they are (5=very good, 1=Bad). For me, most of my final images are 4s and I improve them with editing whereas I don’t pick the photos rated 1 or 2 as they wouldn’t make it into the final edit. I enjoy using both these tools as they are quick and easy to use but still help when narrowing down photos.
Refined Image Selection
I have picked eight photos from my first photo shoot (2 of each place) that I think could be part of my final images. The photos were either taken with a wider angle so it shows more of its surroundings or they are more refined photos that only show the building/place. I wanted to try and get a very similar angle to the older photos that I have chosen to compare these to, but some were not accessible so I tried to get the closest I could while still trying to get a close replica of the old photo.
I have chosen ten photos from my second photoshoot that might be part of my final images after editing. I have tried to incorporate as many colours from the photoshoot to make a wide variety of photos and I have also tried to get a good amount of photos from each object so there aren’t loads of repeats of the same colour and object. Even though I have got a few photos of the medicine packaging I think with them being different textures and having them be taken at different angles it still gives me a wide range to work with while editing. In some of them, I have used two colours for one object because I used glow sticks, which has given me a new set of lighting for this phot-shoot.