Squadrillions of Pictures, What to do?!

[Ownage]

So, last summer and this summer I've been squirreling away pictures of chicks from this boat rental place where I work. All of them were shot with a Canon Powershot S2IS, mostly with the teleconverter lense. Most were also shot in burst mode, meaning that I have lots and lots of pictures (About 42,000 right now, probably 50,000 by the end of the season) and many similar looking pictures. I won't be working there again next summer, so I don't really care if anyone finds out. (Not sure whether or not I was doing anything illegal, but I'm sure I would be fired if higher management knew...)

Anywho... How do I go about dealing with all these images? I know that I should start deleting some of them, but how do you pick which ones? If you have 10 images that all look fine and the subject is in a slightly different position in each one, how do you pick which ones to keep and which ones to delete? What do the other burst fiends do?

What about hiring someone to help me select from and enhance the pics I have?

What about doing a paysite? How much content is a good amount to start one? Does it matter that many of my pictures are of 15-17 year old girls? (all nn)

And you don't need to mention that I should post some of them! :p I'll post a lot of them here after the summer season's over (Late Sep).

Just an example of what my folders look like right now:

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8108/craploadthumbsm1.jpg (http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9946/craploadpi2.jpg
)

Your overwhelmed old pal, Ownage

[Pixelated]

I'd say pick one of the best from each set of subjects, PS that one, post it, copy what you want to keep onto a CD and delete the rest off your HD.

[Telephoto Ink]

Like Pixelated said I'd just chose the best shot(s) of each subject. If they are different enough you could keep more than one but if not I wouldn't worry about it. I don't own a paysite but your subjects are going to need to be 18+ and that also goes for posting them here.

[Viking Steel]

Nice previews there, Thanks.
btw, why don't you switch to windows classic? XP style is for kids ;)

[bearcat7777]

picking the best is hard. but it's better to shot less than to show too much.

[Rogue Trooper]

With that much material, you can delete all shots that are even slightly blurred or not in focus. Also if the framing or exposure is bad, throw away. If you still have multiple good shots taken with burst after that, just save them and burn 'em. You can do the picking of the best when you start to edit them. That also is one point when you start to look your 'good' shots a little differently, when you get the editing eye.

[archman]

OK...I think the guys have given you some good advice on what to do with them.

Now, about the paysite thing: You'd probably have enough to start one and keep it fresh with updates. One thing you absolutely do NOT want to do though is put anything that has a hint of being underage on a paysite. The folks at the various companies that handle the credit card charges really watch that stuff--and will make you take down anything questionable--or withdraw their services from your site. And if peeps can't use a CC...well, that just wouldn't work.

And yes, Paypal monitors sites too.

[Ownage]

Thanks for the advice y'all. I just started breaking them down into separate series. I'm going to copy a few from each series into a "best of" folder and modify those. My photoshop skills are down in the shitter, so I'll keep unmodified copies for now. I have plenty of harddisk space (USB Drives) so I'm just going to keep all the originals.

... As for the age restriction...

Why does it exist on this site and why would e-billing companies have a problem with photographs of girls under 18? This is especially puzzling since none of the pictures are of a lascivious nature. I understand that the site is trying to cover its own ass, but I didn't think there was anything wrong with candid pictures of folks that are under 18. Am I missing something here?

[Ownage]

Nice previews there, Thanks.
btw, why don't you switch to windows classic? XP style is for kids ;)

I struggled for a long time getting use to XP style. Guess it was all for naught, Vista is going to be even more retardedtastic.

[the boss]

OWNAGE?

The kid from tcb? ownage? the 16yo kid?

Holy shit you can't be the same kid.

No friggin way.

[Ownage]

Hahaha, yep that's me. I knew at least a few people would remember me. We had some big dispute about Canada or something. I'm less of a prick these days, I think.

I registered here a long time ago and did one pic post. I'll do more in the future, I pwomith. TCB really went down the shitter though. 'Tis a shame.

[schphyncterboy]

ownage!

welcome.
long time no see.
glad to see you made it safely out of hs and into the real world.

nice thumbs

[Ownage]

ownage!

welcome.
long time no see.
glad to see you made it safely out of hs and into the real world.

nice thumbs

Ahoy! Yep, HS is long gone. Glad to see you're still kickin' around with the candid crowd.

[seemaya]

just remember....

:rulez:

cuz its the law, here at cO and in the US of A

an do ya stiLL wanna hire sumbuddy ta edit yer pix?
i'l do it.....$35 a pic

[Ownage]

By what standards do we determine if a subject is over the age of 18?

[archman]

Ownage, I am in total agreement with you about the age thing as it applies to candids.

However, CCbill and other companies are NOT in agreement.

As far as this board goes, if something gets reported as possibly being underage, the admins and moderators usually discuss it if it's border line (if she's obviously under age, we immediately pull it).

[toBot]

Well no wonder he has lots of t e e n pics, a nice 25 yo would seem like a granny to him. :lol:

But cerealully, I too have stacks of photo CD from my POS camera days. I thought they were the balls at the time but now when I go back and look at those old archives they are mostly low res low point of view blurry crap compared to what I do now. Often I feel like dumping them all in the can, but I'm such a sentimental fool I like to hang on to the memories. So I'm not saying yer pics are crap, I'm just identifying with your situ.

Taking millions of pics just seems to be something you go through in the beginning. And there is no way I have time to review or post them. Maybe I had to get it out of my system. I definitely am much more selective now in what I shoot; perhaps my tastes are refined. Another reason is that now that I can cleary preview a potential subject through the DSLR viewfinder and zoom, I often don't want to take a pic, lol!

So, my summary answer is similar to the other guyz, start reviewing and delete delete delete, cuz there's squadrillions more pics on the way. :)

[the boss]

Welcome to adulthood.

I don't even remember what the fight was about long ago and it doesnt matter. New place, new relationships.