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Posts: 26342

Portland, Oregon, US

I recently replaced 12 of my 20 images. The time before that, I replaced 15. I figure that if I leave images up, and they don't gather at least 2 comments over a reasonable period of time, I should replace them. I got plenty.

Feb 05 06 03:36 pm Link

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Posts: 5265

New York, New York, US

Timeless Photos wrote:
I just blew away my entire portfolio, (minus a few images), just to start over. That was fun! It cleanses the soul! -lol-

It also allows you to reorganize your images so they don't just sequentially follow your shoots.

Anybody else done this?

Good for you.
I have done it in total once. I need to change it up more.

I love ports that change often.

Feb 05 06 04:03 pm Link

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Timeless Photos

Posts: 305

Peterborough, New Hampshire, US

Looknsee Photography wrote:
I recently replaced 12 of my 20 images. The time before that, I replaced 15. I figure that if I leave images up, and they don't gather at least 2 comments over a reasonable period of time, I should replace them. I got plenty.

That's what I find also. Most people will comment when the images are in your top row. Once they roll down to the second row, interest tapers off.

Feb 05 06 04:24 pm Link

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Vance C McDaniel

Posts: 7609

Los Angeles, California, US

I had a few image with well over a hundred views, but I just didnt like the way the portofolio looked as a whole. So, with much reluctance, I wiped the WHOLE thing clean.Built a template for framing my images and bingo. Now the page has a more uniform look. I have a template to work from from now on and I like it. Good call by the OP....And yes, It did hurt...LOL

V

Feb 05 06 04:29 pm Link

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Jay Bowman

Posts: 6511

Los Angeles, California, US

I've done it before. Over the course of a month after my first year of shooting. Coming up on my second year, so I'm actually anxious to do it again. I hope to do it soon, as I've been intending to begin using medium format for the majority of my work and I'm ready to begin creating a body of work with 120. There are a few images that I'll keep but I pack light, I can drop them all and start over. I kinda like the challenge it presents, too.

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I thought this was in reference to portfolios both online and hard-copy. I've never done it at this site, though I've purged my main site before.

Feb 05 06 04:35 pm Link

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Jay Kilgore

Posts: 798

Edina, Minnesota, US

I just did it before reading this thread!

Over the past six-ten months, I've been photoshopping and taking care of everyone else, that my own port has gone to hell. On OMP I added 40 new shots and here I deleted 12 and added 14 new ones.

I'm really bad at keeping my port current, and even worse at keeping my hard copy port current. The newest image in my hard copy port is one year and one month old!

Feb 05 06 04:42 pm Link

Photographer

Timeless Photos

Posts: 305

Peterborough, New Hampshire, US

Vance wrote:
I had a few image with well over a hundred views, but I just didnt like the way the portofolio looked as a whole. So, with much reluctance, I wiped the WHOLE thing clean.Built a template for framing my images and bingo. Now the page has a more uniform look. I have a template to work from from now on and I like it. Good call by the OP....And yes, It did hurt...LOL

V

A template is a good idea. I like that!

Feb 05 06 04:47 pm Link