this is why it's so fascinating and useful to look at other photographers' contact sheets. I'm thinking particularly here of photojournalists. You can see when they've spotted what may become a good photograph, and you can see that they are shooting a lot of good pictures waiting for the real one to happen, and making sure they have a choice later when they review and edit at leisure.
For commercial photographers it's also important to give the client a choice. A few years ago I helped out on a brochure with a friend who shot outdoor gear. When we were reviewing the work there was one particular shot which leaped off the lightbox, and which we both agreed was the outstanding picture of the day, sure to meet the client's approval. But it didn't. Instead he chose a run-of-the-mill shot which happened to show the product better, but was quite unremarkable (although entirely professional and competent) as a photo. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of graywolf > Sent: 26 January 2007 22:14 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT - Taking Your Photography To The Next Level. > > You miss my point, Tom. The proof sheet is to pick the best > of a bunch > of good photos, not to sort the crap from the mediocre, or at > least that > was the way we thought of it in the old days. > [...] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
