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mhhack
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| Too Many Photos Hi - I've been a photo entusiast for about 60 years - developed my first film at age 12, and have kept up my interest and now own a Nikon D70. A month or so ago, my wife and I revisited Venice, Italy where for the first time I took only digital photos. I normally have taken only Nikon film cameras and shot about 8 36 exposure rolls. I've scanned those I like and had prints made, which now hang on my walls.
This last trip I shot about 1000 frames, and am having problems deciding which pictures to print. I have ended up with about 600 photos which can be manipulated in Photoshop to produce what I formerly would have considered "art photos".
Is this capability too great? Maybe I should more selective before releasing the shutter! Your comments appreciated.
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| Re: Too Many Photos Speaking for myself, I tend to treat my digital as a film camera (old habits die hard). I feel awkward just snapping away, I still have the "make each shot count" mentality.
The downside to "no film cost" is the "substantial time cost" of going through thousands of photos to cull out the non-keepers. Some may say that's "wasting" the capability of digital to not just snap away, but to me my time is valuable and the fewer shots I have to go through the better  .
Is there anything wrong with taking thousands of photos? Absolutely not! It's all personal preference so I'm not going to say you're right or wrong, only you can determine your comfort level with workflow time.
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caruso
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1 edit | Hi, mhhack.
After 60 years of film photo, you have most likely natural feel of composition and framing. You have been constricted by the price and numbers (36).
Now is a different ball game.
Just enjoy it, choose the best of it, make different albums with Picassa, and sent to family.
We had posts here about shooting in numbers versus quality,
but in your case you are most likely your own strong judge.
So whatever you have left, DVD it for posterity.
Or start your own photo bank.
BTW, I bet that when you will view your portfolio in the months time, you will see them differently.
Most important, have a blast!
And post some on Gallery here as well.
We are curious people. 
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Quiglag
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Ontario, CA | Just make sure you post some of the pictures here in the gallery, so the rest of us can enjoy them. | |
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