Cull my Shoot

This is a Work in Progress that I will revise as needed.

I use the Adobe Ecosystem and have older images in the folder Lightroom Classic. New images are in the folder Lightroom Desktop. You may want to read my blog post Moving from Lightroom Classic to Lightroom.

In Lightroom Classic LrC. When I note Lightroom, Lr, it is NOT Lightroom Classic

• I copy my images to the destination folder on my external drive.
• LrC. Import the images and add any keywords and Title or comments needed.
• LrC. If chosen I set import presets.
• In Lr there is No Import function needed.

• Create a Collection Set for the shoot
• LrC. Create a collection, in the collection set, for the full shoot.
• LrC. Add the full shoot to that collection.
• In Lr Local there are no Collections.
• In Library mode Grid view in the Collection for the full shoot.
• I usually have 3 to 6 images on a page.
• LrC. Put Caps lock on for automatically go to the next image.
• In Lightroom there is not automatic advance.
• LrC. Quickly view each photo and 'P'ick or X. X are images that are out of focus or otherwise bad.
• In Lightroom the Z  is Pick flag.
• LrC
• Select all Picks and create a Picks collection in the collection set and move the Picks there.
• Now it's time to get BRUTAL and use Loupe view 
• for each image analyze at 100% for focus
•  Go pack to Fit and analyze the composition
• If you want to spend time to edit further give it a 4.
• Use 1 for memory shots.
• Move the P and 4's to another collection 
• Lr
• You can approximate collections by creating subdirectories. Sometimes I create 
• Full Shoot
• Picks
• Editing
• Use 4 stars when editing is complete
• Edit in PS as needed and to add my signature
• Five stars when completed and when ready to publish move to parent folder.

• I've been attempting to just have 1 to 3 of a similar image, like a sunset, sunrise, moon, ... Why force the viewer to make a  choice from 10-20 good photos that are very similar?
• For example on a recent shoot I have several good/great images of a Great Blue Heron in flight. I choose the one that you could see the eye, extended wings, etc. in sharp focus and detail.