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Craft
Longer essays on how we think about culling, tooling, and the photographer's day.
AI photo culling: automate the search, keep the taste
AI is good at finding technical evidence across thousands of files. The difficult question is how much authority that evidence should receive.
Why photographers overshoot—and how to stop paying for it later
Overshooting is often sensible insurance. It becomes expensive when the camera keeps making files after the uncertainty has ended.
How to choose photos for your portfolio: show the work you want back
Your portfolio is not an archive of everything you have done well. It is a prediction about the work you want someone to hire you to repeat.
A founding story
A Cyber-shot in 2002, a market stall, an accidental prototype, and the long way back to the culling desk.
Culling isn't editing
The most common culling tool in the world is an editing app. That's the problem.