Image selection and Subselection

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After taking my images, I put them into separate folders in Lightroom. For example, I had a folder purely for my more abstract images, as well as each shoot. I did this for my abstract images using a colour label (red), as well as using a separate folder and the flagging system (P and X keys). Below are contact sheets of my favourite images, as well as a gallery of my favourites for each shoot.

When I was selecting my favourite images, I was looking for clear, straight images, in which the subject had a suitable facial expression, and was framed properly. I also didn’t want to select images with too much over/underexposure, and images too grainy – a small amount is okay, due to my editing I hope to do, but too much would make it too difficult to develop my editing. – I had to be especially careful in my 2nd shoot of this. Additionally, when selecting images from my last shoot I had to be careful of shaky images, one of my issues in that shoot. When I had selected my final favourites from each shoot, I then rated them with the 5 star rating, and exported them as blog-friendly images (100 pixels on the long edge).

Photoshoot 1

Selecting my best images for my found images – using colour labels: red for objects/non-portraits, yellow for pictures of my grandmother, and green for pictures of my mum. I flagged my favourite using P and X. This will make it easier for me to find my favourites of each subject when editing and collaging.

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Abstract Images

Here is a contact sheet of my favourite abstract, highly zoomed images, that only show certain parts of the subject.

Best Images

Photoshoots 2 and 3

Here is a contact sheet of my best images for my two photoshoots of my grandmother. I used the P and X tools first to filter my favourites, then colour labels for each type of shot- – yellow for objects/non-portrait, blue for headshot, green for close up, red for abstract (not in this screenshot for this shoot, see above), and purple for my wider shots.

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Photoshoot 4

My best images of my last photoshoot of my mum. I organised my images by using a separate collection for this shoot, and using P and X to separate my most successful. I then used colour labels for different shot types – Red for abstract, Green for close up, Blue for headshots, and Purple for pictures showing more of my subject with less zoom.

Best Images

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