Choose what the sequence is about
Start by writing one sentence about the series. It might follow a place over time, describe a particular light or examine a repeated gesture. The sentence does not have to appear on the website. It gives you a way to decide why one picture belongs and another does not.
Make an initial selection away from the full archive. A separate collection or contact sheet lets you consider the work without repeatedly finding a new favourite. Keep uncertain frames in a second group instead of forcing every decision immediately.
Look for repetition and useful pauses
Two strong pictures can do the same job. Compare them side by side and decide what the second one adds. Changes in distance, direction, light and visual density can help a sequence breathe, but variation should support the subject rather than become a rule.
Read the opening three images together. Then inspect the transitions between the middle pictures and the final frame. A sequence can lose clarity at a single awkward transition even when every individual photograph is good.
Preview the actual page
Place the selection in the intended layout before declaring the edit finished. A narrow phone screen changes the experience of a diptych or a very wide crop. Check whether captions interrupt the rhythm or provide information the viewer genuinely needs.
Make one final pass after a break. Remove anything included only because it was difficult to make. Record the selected filenames and order so the web version, exhibition notes and archive can be reconciled later.
Keep in mind
- Write a one-sentence intention
- Compare repeated visual ideas
- Check the opening and ending
- Save the final sequence order