Organizing Photos
Is this a photo I will be able to find on google or in an encyclopedia?
I toss all but the one very very best.
Is this almost exactly the same as the photo before or after it?
I delete it.
Does this photo tell a story or create a memory that no other photo will ever tell?
I keep it.
Is this a photo that is unflattering or has eyes closed when another photo has all eyes open or is more flattering?
I toss it
Will I want THIS PHOTO in thirty years? (Or ten, or five, or two?)
I keep it.
Putting each photo into perspective, haphazardly and quickly deleting a majority of the photos I take (treat it like a bandaid: do it FAST), and remembering the long game and not just the current emotional response helps me to keep some photos that might be out of focus and deleting some that are perfect but don’t tell a story.
Organizing photos requires guts, tears, and a clear view of the end-game: less clutter, fewer photos, but more treasured memories.