1. A method for selective presentation of images from a set of digital images provided for upload to a computing apparatus, the method comprising: providing image data representing the set of digital images for upload; processing said image data to determine an amount of time for the upload of the images, and determine a composite quality score for respective ones of the images based on: i) image quality ranking, ii) duplicate image detection, and iii) face detection; and, on the basis of the determination of the amount of time for the upload and the composite quality score, generating data representing a slideshow of select images from the images to be uploaded, the slideshow to be concurrently displayed during the upload, and a duration of the slideshow defined to be substantially the same as the amount of time for the upload.