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AI in Photography Curation: Sorting 10,000 Photos in an Hour
AI photo culling tools (Aftershoot, Imagen, Narrative) save photographers dozens of hours per shoot. The art is teaching them YOUR sensibility, not the AI's average.
Creators · Creative AI · ~24 min read
The premise
AI photo culling saves enormous time but defaults to generic preferences; teaching it your sensibility is the difference between savings and mediocrity.
What AI does well here
- Train culling AI on your own selection history when supported
- Use AI for the obvious cuts (eyes closed, severely soft) and human review for keeper-versus-keeper choices
- Maintain a 'best-of' set of your work to reference your own preferences over time
- Track when you override AI recommendations — patterns reveal your sensibility
What AI cannot do
- Substitute AI for the sensibility that distinguishes your photography
- Generate cull decisions for genres the AI hasn't been trained on (specialty work, art photography)
- Replace the client conversation about which photos matter most
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