Re: Re Taking lots of photos

[michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Kersenbrock)]

> I know this is slanted towards nature photography, but the implication
> is clear - if even the well known pros are willing to throw a large
> percentage of their photos out, we should be even more so.

When I took the Nikon School of Photography "course" about twenty years
ago (taught by two or three professional photographers under contract),
they taught that if you get two or three *good* pictures per roll, you're
doing very well.  Part of this was to emphasize that film is cheap and
only a small percentage will be good anyway, so that trying to conserve
film and save money by only taking perfect images wasn't a good strategy.
I've read books by professionals that say the opposite that every picture
should be perfect and pre-engineered to the last detail, but I personally
disagree with those professionals and agree with my Nikon Class pros.

But then, of course, all of those were "flattie photographers".  :-)

Mike K.


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