Why I Stop at 10
Through previous versions of my website and image galleries, I always worked under the impression that there needed to be more. More photographs, more products, more choice. It felt like that was simply what everyone was doing, flooding websites and social media with every image they had ever created, constantly adding more in the hope that visibility and volume somehow translated into value.
For a long time I followed the same path, but eventually something about it stopped feeling right. The more work I added, the less impact the individual images seemed to have. Collections that had once felt focused slowly became diluted, not because the photographs were bad, but because there were simply too many of them competing for attention. Strong images became buried amongst variations of the same idea, and the experience of exploring the work started to feel overwhelming rather than intentional.
After the reset and restructuring work I carried out towards the end of 2025, I began to realise that the opposite was actually true. Removing images and reducing collections gave the work I believed in most the room to stand out properly. The collections themselves became clearer, more cohesive, and far more representative of how I wanted LensArt to feel going forward. Instead of endless galleries, they started to feel curated, deliberate, and considered.
That shift eventually led me to impose a rule across every collection on the website.
No collection would ever contain more than ten images. Some are already close to that limit, while others are still evolving, but the principle remains the same throughout. Once a collection reaches ten pieces, a new image can only enter if it genuinely deserves its place more than one already there. It has to earn that position rather than simply being added because there is room available.
What I found interesting was how much this changed my own relationship with the work. It forced me to become more selective and more honest with myself about what was actually strengthening a collection and what was simply increasing volume. At the same time, it completely changed the viewing experience. The collections became easier to navigate, individual photographs had more presence, and visitors could spend time with the work properly rather than endlessly scrolling through dozens of similar images.
That matters to me because I want every LensArt collection to feel intentional and premium rather than endless. A collection should feel complete, not exhausted.
For me, the ten image limit is not really about restriction at all. It is about clarity, confidence, and trusting that less can often say far more.
