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**Dabhand16** · 01-07-2007, 15:49

I think I do both. I don't delete anything, on the grounds that in the future you never know what you can use a shot for. However, I do keep a seperate potfolio of the better stuff.

I only ever show the selected stuff to anyone, so I don't think by keeping the originals on a CD somewhere it is diluting the quality of my portfolio. To the contrary, I think that on occasion, I can resurrect something from what I considered to be a failure into something that is really worthwhile, either by using a new or different processing technique, a mono conversion or just with a different crop, and that actually enhances the quality of my portfolio.

01-07-2007, 15:49	#2 (permalink)
Dabhand16 Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Dunstable Bedfordshire UK Posts: 9,621	Re: Do you save everything or only your best? I think I do both. I don't delete anything, on the grounds that in the future you never know what you can use a shot for. However, I do keep a seperate potfolio of the better stuff. I only ever show the selected stuff to anyone, so I don't think by keeping the originals on a CD somewhere it is diluting the quality of my portfolio. To the contrary, I think that on occasion, I can resurrect something from what I considered to be a failure into something that is really worthwhile, either by using a new or different processing technique, a mono conversion or just with a different crop, and that actually enhances the quality of my portfolio. __________________ Graham