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Take one, Take two, Take how many? posted on 21st of august, 2007

I'm very curious how many photo's people take before they have a keeper?

O.K. Here's the thought. Years ago in the film world an instructor once told me for every keeper you can shoot thirty photos.

Now with programs like photoshop I wonder how many get changed now into a keeper?

Tags: curious instructor keeper people photo

Comments (4)

	Comment by Natie on August 22, 2007 I don't count, but I can say that I try to make many shots of the subjects from different angles, with different light, etc. At home I look through all of them very critically: on some shots I don't like cropping, on others - light, or shadows, or face expression. I delete many photos, and always leave the best of them. Or none at all if I don't like the result. It's become much easier with the digital cameras =).
	Comment by Kenneystudios on August 21, 2007 For me, it varies on the subject, and what kind of mood I was in during the shoot. When I'm more in the zone and the lighting is good, I have many more keepers. I've had some sessions where I consider 90% of the shots to be keepers, and some where I don't like any of the results. Thanks to a 4GB high speed memory card (and 2 backups!), combined with high-speed shooting options on a digital camera, I have a lot more keepers than I did when I shot film. The more images we can take, the greater a chance we have at obtaining those wonderful keepers. :)
	Comment by Psalm113v9 on August 21, 2007 I keep between 5 and 10% of what i shoot. The delete button is my FRIEND!!!
	Comment by Dennist1 on August 21, 2007 Couldn't add a number; but shooting digital leaves almost no reason not to push the button a few more times. Film costs money; you try to make it count. Digital only costs a delete button. So, I would wager many more are shot and discarded now than were with film; even though PS can fix a lot 'close' shots.

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Dave Willman (Dcwcreations)
Spencer, US

I was at one time a semi- pro photographer in the film era. I have now of course made the change to digital, and although the ideas are the same, the rest is all new. My main goal is to put in an image what I feel the momment I push the shutter button.


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