Thursday, October 30, 2025

High Shutter speed?

Many photography instructors emphasize using a high shutter speed to freeze motion.

Ok it's a good goal to learn your camera.

But do you want your photos to look every motion stuck. 

Is it more impactful to allowing slight blur in the ball, wing and similar.  That slight blur shows motion. Things moving are moving and not stuck.

It's an artistic choice.  

There are no rules.

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Lightroom Desktop AI Culling

My AI Culling and Image Organization Workflow

I start by using the Local tab to Import my images directly into my storage unit. The next step is leveraging AI Culling to organize the shoot.

Culling and Initial Sorting
First, I define my specific culling criteria.

Once the AI has done the initial cullig, the images are split into two "buckets": Selects and Rejects.

Working in grid view, I click into the Selects bucket, use Select All, and then move Selects to a subfolder in the parent folder. I choose "create a folder in..." and select "use all selected images" to create a new subfolder named Selects.

I repeat this exact process for the Rejects bucket, creating a separate subfolder named Rejects.

Review and Final Tagging
At this point both subfolders are Unflagged.
I now review the images in each subfolder (Selects and Rejects) to confirm they are correctly categorized. I use flags to ensure this verification is complete.
In the subfolder Selects I use the Pick or Reject flags. All flaged Reject are moved to the Reject subfolder.

In the subfolder Rejects I select the Unflagged photo. Review each and apply a Pick or Reject flag. All flaged as Pick are moved to the Select subfolder.

Once editing is finished for a batch, I mark those images with 5 stars.

Finally, I move the 5-star rating (representing completed editing) up to the parent folder for easy tracking.

Sharing
To share the final images, I create JPG files and upload them to the Adobe Cloud.