I started taking photos back when people still used film, and I’ve kept some of those habits from that time.
So when I spend an afternoon taking photos, I don’t come back with a thousand shots, but with a few dozen, maybe a hundred. I’m just used to not firing off shots like a machine gun, but to get it right on the first try whenever possible.
And when I sort through them, I divide them into three piles. I throw some away right away, use some, and save some in my archive “for later.” And here’s something interesting I’ve noticed: when I need some content and use something from that “second-tier” archive, it’s happened to me several times that those photos have gotten a better response and been more successful than the ones I originally selected as my first choice. An explanation? I don’t really have one.
Isn't that interesting ‽ I've found that too - things I was sure would be well liked don't get much lift-off, while things that I thought were iffy or problematic go nuts. Partly the fickleness of algorithms, but also that humans are just bad at knowing what others will like, I think. Or some of are, anyway.
I started taking photos back when people still used film, and I’ve kept some of those habits from that time.
So when I spend an afternoon taking photos, I don’t come back with a thousand shots, but with a few dozen, maybe a hundred. I’m just used to not firing off shots like a machine gun, but to get it right on the first try whenever possible.
And when I sort through them, I divide them into three piles. I throw some away right away, use some, and save some in my archive “for later.” And here’s something interesting I’ve noticed: when I need some content and use something from that “second-tier” archive, it’s happened to me several times that those photos have gotten a better response and been more successful than the ones I originally selected as my first choice. An explanation? I don’t really have one.
Isn't that interesting ‽ I've found that too - things I was sure would be well liked don't get much lift-off, while things that I thought were iffy or problematic go nuts. Partly the fickleness of algorithms, but also that humans are just bad at knowing what others will like, I think. Or some of are, anyway.
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