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Tied into this is the general devaluation of photographs over the last decade. Previously, you might take three or four rolls of photos while you were on your
by lutorm 16y ago
Tied into this is the general devaluation of photographs over the last decade. Previously, you might take three or four rolls of photos while you were on your holiday; now, you can take three or four rolls’ worth every single day of you holiday and still spend less that you would have spent on a single roll of film. The result is hundreds or even thousands of photos, and the chance of finding the one photo that evokes the feeling you had on that holiday drops dramatically — that one photo gets lost in the flood.
This is demonstrably false, just ask any professional photographer how many photos they shoot. It's not like good photographers just sit around thinking until finally everything is just right and they snap their one exposure. No, you shoot and you shoot, because most photos are nothing special. If you don't keep shooting, you'll miss that opportunity. I remember reading that photographers for National Geographic would typically shoot something like 40 rolls for a job, and that ends up being maybe 4 pictures in print.
- donohoe 16y agoI disagree - I relate very much to the quoted text. I have so many photos that the good is lost with the mediocre. Previously your average photographer (not talking for professionals, just me) would ave to consider the value of shooting, as opposed to being snap happy at every moment and defer review to later.
- lutorm 16y agoWe work differently then. Personally, I think things are a lot better now. I've shot a fair number of pictures (about 17,000 is the current Lightroom count) and I've just gone through and scanned all my film shots from pre-digital days. My strategy then was to shoot a bunch of exposures, painstakingly writing down the shoot setup (aperture, exposure times, etc.) After developing, I'd have to go back over my notes, compare the results against my notes and try to learn from it. It was an extremely offline way of learning. Compare that to how easy it is now: I get immediate feedback and can change the shot until I'm happy with the result. I may take more pictures now, but overall they are a lot better than my old film ones. With current technology you can get a lot more experience shooting. When the opportunity comes, when you happen to be in the right place at the right time, you have a much better change of not botching the shot.