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By: Ed Z Studios » Blog Archive » Taking fewer pictures - part 2 (anticipating the shot)

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:05:38 +0000

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By: Tanya

Tanya — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:02:20 +0000

I am totally guilty of overshooting and also trying to get out of the habit. It gets tiring explaining to clients why they only get x number of images when your camera was constantly firing during the shoot!

There is a lot to be learned from the Sears Portrait Studios when they used film… you could only take a maximum of 20 shots in the session, and would be reprimanded for getting close to that number. It felt good at first going from that to 100 shots, but I think I need to backtrack a bit to what I learned there!

By: Paradise Found » Archives » MMVIII into MMIX

Paradise Found » Archives » MMVIII into MMIX — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:32:06 +0000

[...] Make more images from fewer pictures [...]

By: Brian Auer

Brian Auer — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:16:57 +0000

I’m with you on this 100%. Ever since I started shooting film, my digital habits have changed too. And shooting 120 film certainly changes your habits. I usually bring 3 or 4 rolls of film out with me, but I almost always come back with 1 or 2 unused.

The thing I’ve noticed about shooting fewer photos (both digital and film) is that my “keeper” percentage rate has gone way up. I used to pick out maybe 5-10% of the photos to put up on Flickr and whatnot. Now I’m almost always over 50% (still a bit less with the digital).

By: Michael Warf

Michael Warf — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:09:53 +0000

I agree totally with imposing limits to your shooting. Like you mention with your prime lens post, stopping to think about the image you are creating – rather than a simple “pray and spray” not only helps the creative process – it helps weed through a ton of garbage in post!