In a message dated 8/9/2003 6:57:46 AM Central Standard Time,
waynecul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Yes, Brian, but how many unsharp photos did they discard to get the few
> really sharp ones published in the magazine?
>
I have a video of a speech Dewitt Jones gave as the keynote speaker at the
National Speakers Association in 1999. His speech was not about photography,
however it had a lot of his work in it. Perhaps the thing he said which most
impacted me, as a photographer was when he was talking about a common question
he gets when talking to amateur photographers. The question is, "How many good
shots do you get from a roll of 36". He says the question is the wrong
question. For an average National Geographic article, which might have 15 or
20
pictures, they will shoot 400 rolls. Yes, over 14,000 images. He asserts the
question one should be asking is, "Did you get what you needed". That
certainly helped to change my perspective on results. Perhaps what we might
consider
is are we throwing away better stuff today than we did yesterday? I guarantee
the pros throw away some fuzzy pictures. Bill Barber
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