What percentage of your shots are worth keeping?
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I'm sure I'm not alone in frequently getting frustrated about the amount of shots I end up binning vs those I'm happy to keep, but reading the latest edition of Practical Photography, there was an interview with a wildlife pro who, almost as a throwaway comment, reckoned he'd usually get something like (iirc) 4 or 5 real top rate shots per trip!
Doubtless, he has much higher standards than I do, and doubtless needs them to be making a living out of his shots, but what do people on here find is a reasonable ration of keep to bin?
Doubtless, he has much higher standards than I do, and doubtless needs them to be making a living out of his shots, but what do people on here find is a reasonable ration of keep to bin?
15 - 25 % I guess
I tend to take far too many of a subject, perhaps from slightly different angles or slightly different exposures
take as many as you want though - that's the beauty of digital photography
I take a lot of pics of old abandoned lorries / machinery across Herefordshire and Wales - the weather is frequently grey so when I do take pics I want to make sure I have the right one!
I tend to take far too many of a subject, perhaps from slightly different angles or slightly different exposures
take as many as you want though - that's the beauty of digital photography
I take a lot of pics of old abandoned lorries / machinery across Herefordshire and Wales - the weather is frequently grey so when I do take pics I want to make sure I have the right one!
Maxf said:
10% are 'keepers' but only maybe 0.5% I actually bother to print out and frame. Bare in mind though I don't tend to do any PS work..
I'm seriously thinking of buying a secondhand film camera and going old school to force me into being more thoughtful with my 'snapping'.
Do it!I'm seriously thinking of buying a secondhand film camera and going old school to force me into being more thoughtful with my 'snapping'.
My hit rate went up dramatically last year after I spent some time using an old Yashica TLR. The number of photo's I'd take at any given event went down dramatically but actual the number of keepers went up. I think shooting film (particularly medium format) really forces you to stop and think about every shot, rather than the carpet bombing "pick one good one out of a thousand" style that I had picked up using digital.
Dogsey said:
Maxf said:
10% are 'keepers' but only maybe 0.5% I actually bother to print out and frame. Bare in mind though I don't tend to do any PS work..
I'm seriously thinking of buying a secondhand film camera and going old school to force me into being more thoughtful with my 'snapping'.
Do it!I'm seriously thinking of buying a secondhand film camera and going old school to force me into being more thoughtful with my 'snapping'.
My hit rate went up dramatically last year after I spent some time using an old Yashica TLR. The number of photo's I'd take at any given event went down dramatically but actual the number of keepers went up. I think shooting film (particularly medium format) really forces you to stop and think about every shot, rather than the carpet bombing "pick one good one out of a thousand" style that I had picked up using digital.
Funk Odyssey said:
Dogsey said:
Maxf said:
10% are 'keepers' but only maybe 0.5% I actually bother to print out and frame. Bare in mind though I don't tend to do any PS work..
I'm seriously thinking of buying a secondhand film camera and going old school to force me into being more thoughtful with my 'snapping'.
Do it!I'm seriously thinking of buying a secondhand film camera and going old school to force me into being more thoughtful with my 'snapping'.
My hit rate went up dramatically last year after I spent some time using an old Yashica TLR. The number of photo's I'd take at any given event went down dramatically but actual the number of keepers went up. I think shooting film (particularly medium format) really forces you to stop and think about every shot, rather than the carpet bombing "pick one good one out of a thousand" style that I had picked up using digital.
Interesting question
Just had 6 rolls of Xpan panoramas developed. 19 shots to the roll so a total of 114 shots. looking through that there are 28 that I want to have a preliminary scan at to see how they look when I can see them larger, so only about 25% even worth a further look. Of those I reckon 5-10 or so are really going to be good, so a range between 4% to 8%.
On the flip side I've just got 1200 ish images to edit from the dSLR and if there are 40-50 good ones I'll be a happy chappy, so again about a 5% hit rate.
I do find I bracket a lot more in digital whereas with the Xpan I try and be a lot more careful before pressing the shutter.
Chris
Just had 6 rolls of Xpan panoramas developed. 19 shots to the roll so a total of 114 shots. looking through that there are 28 that I want to have a preliminary scan at to see how they look when I can see them larger, so only about 25% even worth a further look. Of those I reckon 5-10 or so are really going to be good, so a range between 4% to 8%.
On the flip side I've just got 1200 ish images to edit from the dSLR and if there are 40-50 good ones I'll be a happy chappy, so again about a 5% hit rate.
I do find I bracket a lot more in digital whereas with the Xpan I try and be a lot more careful before pressing the shutter.
Chris
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