We've been back from our recent trip to Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Montenegro for two weeks now.  I've been steadily working on screening through photos, making additions to my travel notes, and now working through the identification of the photos that I've transferred to my Zenfolio galleries.

It takes a while.

The last couple of travel trips, I've been traveling without a computer.  Just an iPad and my cameras.  I am trying to keep it simpler that way.  And then I don't really look at photos until I get home.  This trip I had one day when I downloaded photos and made some adjustments while on the bus using Snapseed, but I find that the thumbnails are too small for me to get a good sense of whether I like the photo or not.

And I also find that on these tours, I tend to take a lot of photos.  Especially photos that are experimental or "I'll take it because I will probably never be back here again.".  I've also taken to try some photos while moving on a bus or a boat, when it's a part of the tour.  Again, there might be a moment or two that I want to capture and I know that we won't be stopping.  And there are a few photos that I absolutely love that I've taken in this manner.

But I realize now that I've added my galleries to Zenfolio that I have way to many photos.  These photos are for me to review and relish over time.  Part of what I will be doing this week is putting shorter galleries together.  The galleries that I am envisioning are:

1. My top photo of the day.  
2. A small savoring of my favorites throughout the trip
3. Best photos of my husband and I during the trip

This might all seem backwards.  Why not simply go through and select the top photo and a small savoring and just let the rest alone?  I've asked myself that question and I've been enjoying going through my trips at various times over the past two years that we've been doing organized tours and I just like to have my own personal set of photos that capture the entire experience.  I like to relax by going over these past travels and recollect what happened and the photos are a great way to trigger great memories.  It's a personal thing.  And I think the personal aspect of all of this went into my selection process over the past two weeks.  What I am doing this week is skinnying that down even further so that friends and family will get a sense of our trip, but not be overrun with lots of details.  These galleries are not for me but for showing others the highlights of the trips, not every single memory.