Re: Re Taking lots of photos

[fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dr. George A. Themelis)]

>George and I are actually good friends. 

Yes, we are!  And I amdire Elliott for his stereo work and options
as expressed here and privately.  And I agree with his option regarding
good pictures vs. routine pictures.

>Most photos should be immediately destroyed...

Definitely!  I cannot understand why some people express surprise when
I say that I only keep 10 pictures from a 30 picture roll on the average.
If I did not have a family to document, I would be keeping even less.

Sometimes I force myself to get rid of pictures.  After our recent trip to
Greece, I came back with 500+ stereo pictures.  I put a goal to myself
to only keep 100.  I am still at 150.  I have not mounted them permanently
yet. Every time I go through them I throw away a dozen or so.

IMO, there is nothing wrong with taking many pictures and keeping only
the very best if you don't mind the expense.

>If you're lucky and/or persistent, you might take one or
>two _great_ photos in a lifetime. 

I'll make that one hundred or two.  But still this is almost
nothing for someone who is shooting 1500 pictures a year (50 rolls).
Times 40 years is 60,000 pictures and 100 is only 0.16% or one picture
every 20 rolls, about two pictures a year (John B. please check the math!)


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