I have found that when working on photos it helps to some times distance your self from the emotions and ideas to had when you shot them. So after you shoot go shooting indead of sitting down and going to edit them right away stick the photos in s folder or on a CD and don’t even look at them for a few months. Then after adquite time has passed edit them and be verry harsh on your self don’t be affraid to thow most of the photos away, only keep the best of the best, even if that means tossing 90% of them away, Just do it don’t be afraid. When your done the resulting edit will be much stronger than one that you would have done right after you took the photos.

Some of the expectations you might have are:

You were really trying for one thing but it didn’t turn out and because you are editing the photos right after you still have that vision of what it should have looked like in your head.

Some times you might stumble on a golden egg, often times you just get an accidental awesome photo, you just clicked the button and the stars aliged and BAM it was a great photo some times when editing right away, you might be thinking about the photos you really were trying to get somthing from and possibly ignore that amazing photo thats just under your nose. I have done this a few times where I will be looking through old shoots and stumble upon a photo that I never really gave a second glance, and it turns out to be an amazing photo and I ask my self did I take that?

Some times you will be trying to catch a certain moment but it just gets away from you, when editing you will still have that moment in your head and you will likey keep the photos that were really just junk because you really wish that you got that special moment, and the ones that you have remind you of that moment even though they suck. You didn’t get the shot so better luck next time and just trash the bad ones.

I have been experimenting with this for a about a year and a half now. Its really freeing and I love the little surprises that I get. You can check out my gallery called RAW for the photos under this experiment.