Doug Brewer wrote: >On 10/30/13 10:25 AM, Alan C wrote: >> Why do fashion photographers take so many shots then? >> >> Alan > >There is a difference between working a subject, or having a range of >good shots in which you will find one that works best, and machine >gunning with the hope that one will be passable. > >I frequently, when working with a subject, will over-shoot, looking for >variations on shots already in the bag, or to work past what we have >done before. I get a pile of good shots that way, but a smaller pile of >special shots. > >It's true that you must take many photos before you can start getting >good ones regularly. I believe HCB said it takes ten thousand. I think I >took considerably more than that before I got where I am, and I'm not >where I want to be yet.
BTW: In the case of fashion photographers the answer to why they take so many shots is often "because that's what the editors demand". Some will totally decompensate if they don't have thousands of images, with the slightest variation between any two, to choose from. If you're a working pro you have to deliver what the client wants (unless you're one of a handful of elites who can dictate to editors what you're going to give them). -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
