I am going to admit something.
 

I edit too many photos. Really, when I cull (choose the images to keep for galleries) I pick too many. Especially ones that are similar. I sometimes have 3 or 4 of very similar photos that I will keep just because I see a slight difference that I think might matter to the client. A change in smirks, a slight change of angle of the chin, a gust of wind that blew a few strands of hair just right in 2 or 3 frames.
 

And the thing is: they probably don't really care. If I chose ONE photo of a pose, they wouldn't even KNOW about the others.
 

I heard something a few days ago on a podcast that makes so much sense to me, and it is definitely something I need to implement in my business.

STOP GIVING PEOPLE SO MANY OPTIONS.
 

People trust me to take their photos and capture their most important memories, so they trust me to decide which are best. Right?!

In this day and age, there are so many options for almost every single thing in life. If you go into a grocery store to buy spaghetti sauce for dinner, you stroll the aisles and have to choose ONE spaghetti sauce from dozens of brands and flavors. Are that many people THAT particular about their sauce? They wouldn't be if they had fewer options to choose from.

So I am paring down. It really will save me time and make me more productive and efficient, ensuring a better, faster client experience.

Win, win!