I've had a photo website for a while now though recently its been sadly neglected. I originally intended it to be a place to post only what I felt were my best images. Over time, perhaps inevitably, I was far too promiscuous with my uploading and end up with far too many images.
Initially I planned to reorganise what was already there but when I started trying to do so I ended up with a mess. So I decided there was only one option - delete everything and start again. It took a while but eventually I ended up with a blank white ready to be filled. So far I've been going slowly and plan to try to be more disciplined about what I upload.
What was interesting to discover is that even though some of the existing images where ones I planned to keep on the site I was no longer happy with how they looked, so everything being uploaded has been reprocessed from scratch. I think that this is often because of a lack of skill on my part - I'm better at processing now than I used to be - but also because my tastes have changed. You can see the new slimline version at photography by olli.
Is it just me or does anyone else ever feel the need to start all over with a website or image collection? And how many times have you looked at an older image and decided you no longer like the way you originally processed it?
Initially I planned to reorganise what was already there but when I started trying to do so I ended up with a mess. So I decided there was only one option - delete everything and start again. It took a while but eventually I ended up with a blank white ready to be filled. So far I've been going slowly and plan to try to be more disciplined about what I upload.
What was interesting to discover is that even though some of the existing images where ones I planned to keep on the site I was no longer happy with how they looked, so everything being uploaded has been reprocessed from scratch. I think that this is often because of a lack of skill on my part - I'm better at processing now than I used to be - but also because my tastes have changed. You can see the new slimline version at photography by olli.
Is it just me or does anyone else ever feel the need to start all over with a website or image collection? And how many times have you looked at an older image and decided you no longer like the way you originally processed it?