Spring was a busy time with multiple sports to photograph. Unlike
the Fall season with only one or two games at a time, Spring has as many as
three or four games at the same time. It is way too easy to get overwhelmed with
the sheer number of photos to choose from and edit. You have to complete each game
photo set in a timely manner or you get behind and some sets never get finished.
You have to get in a rhythm of finishing the game, get home, start importing
into Lightroom (or whatever software you use), wait for the process to complete
and then start selecting and editing. The
quicker to the editing process the better. A key factor is the importing time,
which is affected by how many shots to import and other factors.
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| The Blue Circle of Dread When Importing |
Well, my computer decided that I take too many shots and went
on strike. I started noticing that it
was taking longer and longer for the importing process. Then, it would “stop
responding” to commands for minutes at a time before resuming. Looking at my computer
memory and files showed that I had way too much memory taken up by the file
folders and the buffering capacity was being restricted. Cleaning it up helped
a little. The underlying cause wasn’t
the full folders. It was me! My shooting style captured too many images. My
bursts for action started too early and ended too late. Also, I was being
selective enough of when to shoot. Now, I need to put these lessons into
practice so my computer doesn’t have so much work to import photos. Thank you
computer for the lesson!
