Remember the Highlander “There Can Be Only One”

This is one of the best tips on photography you will ever get.  It isn’t about taking photos it is about picking which ones to share online.  It doesn’t matter where you are sharing them the principle is the same.  Shoot a lot, pick only one.

• Facebook
• Myspace
• Flickr
• Jpgmag.com
• Any photo sharing site

The principle is the same.  There can be only one.  This is what sets amateurs apart from a serious photographer.  Amateurs submit ALL the shots.  No one but you wants to see 5 pictures of the same thing all in a row.  Shoot a lot, but pick one.

This is one of the toughest things you will have to do.  YOU LOVE THEM ALL.  You want to share them all.  Remember “There Can Be Only One”.

Don’t Want to be a Pro

But you don’t want to shoot like a pro, consider this:

If you want to use Flickr for social reasons or maybe to meet people who may become clients don’t bore the hell out of them with 10 images in a row of the same thing.  Being a professional social media REALTOR(copyrightthingyhere) means looking professional even in your photo stream.

There is a workaround to this principle.

If you have two similar shots of the same subject, for example, one landscape and one portrait.  Put one image on one site (like Flickr) and the other on a different site (Jpgmag).  If there is only one put it on both sites.

It isn’t easy picking the one.  But it will pay off if you stick to the Highlander Principle.

My exception to the Rule

Family Gatherings, are my exception to this rule, but only a technical exception.  I submit these images to my Flickr account but make them only for family to view.  This way they can see all the darling images of their children and I don’t have all those family shots polluting filling up my flickr stream.

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