Help with deleting files

OK, so all of a sudden today my Mac has been acting weird with one thing. I am a photographer and have been using the standard viewing to edit down my folders. For examples, I have a folder with Baby A's photos. I click on the folder and in the list view format, use the "eye" preview button and the arrow keys to preview the photos before editing them in Photoshop. As I look at them, I will on occasion delete some of the photos using the Command+Delete keys on the keyboard. In the past, these photos would disappear, I'd hear the crunching paper sound, and they would go to the trash bin. Then, the next photo in the list would pop up on the screen. Today, out of nowhere, it started jumping back to the top and showing an image of the folder itself after I deleted a photo. So, I had to scroll back down within the folder to find my place again. Everytime I delete a photo, this keeps happening. I'm at my wits end. I don't know why it started doing that! And, I really would love to know how to fix it. Any suggestions or help would be greatly, greatly appreciated. This jumping back to the top is making a simple thing a 10-year process.

I can't tell if you have done any troubleshooting. The first thing to try is restartng the computer, as long as you're at that do a SMC Reset. If that doesn't help restart in Safe Mode, it's possible one or more caches have become corrupt.
SMC RESET
Shut down the computer.
Unplug the computer's power cord and all peripherals.
Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
Release the power button.
Attach the computers power cable.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
PRAM RESET
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
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