What to Do With Your Travel Photos After a Trip: My Whole Workflow

I’ve been a working travel photographer for more than fifteen years, and I still come home from every trip with a memory card holding two or three thousand frames. Taking photos is the easy part. The bit where most people get stuck is what to actually do with them once you’re home, sitting on a card full of a trip you don’t want to lose. This guide goes through the exact workflow I run after every trip, from the moment the card comes out of the camera to the point where my favourite shots are backed up in three places, organised so I can find them in seconds, and actually being enjoyed instead of slowly rotting in a folder called “New Folder (2)”. I’ll tell you which steps really matter and which you can skip, including the answer to a question I’m often asked: whether you can make any money from your travel photos. (Short version, it’s a lot harder than the internet makes it sound, and I’ll explain why further down.) Quick Take: What to Do With Your Travel Photos Here’s the workflow in order: Get everything off the card and cull the rejects Back up your photos before you touch anything else. This is the one step you cannot skip. Organise them so you can find a specific shot months...