My Mediabank import folder has 3,685 photos and videos waiting for me to cull, add metadata and file. It’s a big job and hard to keep up with. Across three of us, we generate close to 200 images a month. Maybe a fourth of these are permanently filed.
I have honed the process over many years1, and am also looking at earlier photos to remove unnecessary duplicates. Nobody needs 10 shots of the same birthday cake.
With my new Canon R50 I want to develop my photo editing skills. That too adds time. Below is an image from a trip to Kangaroo Island, SA earlier this year. It took at least an hour to make the edits I wanted to bring out shadow detail, add more contrast to the sky and remove some unsightly branches top-right. The photo was taken quickly as I pulled off to the side of the road. The main compositional element is the road leading to the lighthouse. I failed to consider the edges of the image or overall balance.
Original showing. Use the slider to reveal the edited image.
Cape Willoughby Lighthouse, Kangaroo Island.