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A question for the old timers.
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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 363244" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>The old expression "film is cheap" no longer true. But when you had a finite number of shots you carried with you, you were more conscientious about making things count. Nowadays digital is essentially "free" and you have 10x-100x the storage capacity on a flash card. </p><p></p><p>One thing that makes me kind of chuckle (and at the same time, grimace in pain) when I see photographers on modeling sites like Model Mayhem, One Model Place or Model Brigade (now called "Publicize Me") advertise that they will shoot "250 shots" per shoot and guarantee "10 good ones". Man, that is some kind of PITIFUL success rate!! I have sent PM's to many a photographer telling them to drop that crap from their profile page because it makes them look like a "spray and pray" hack, which of course many of them are. They are usually referred to as GWC's (Guys With Cameras) who go get a low end consumer camera at WalMart or Best Buy and the kit lens and then call themselves "photographers". And their "work" shows it. I may shoot at most 40-50 images during a 2 hour shoot and this will include makeup and wardrobe changes. But I would rather have the client agonize over which of those 40-50 images to find the ones they like the best rather than put them through the <em>misery</em> of having to wade through 250 or more, mostly crap images just to find those "10 good ones".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 363244, member: 12827"] The old expression "film is cheap" no longer true. But when you had a finite number of shots you carried with you, you were more conscientious about making things count. Nowadays digital is essentially "free" and you have 10x-100x the storage capacity on a flash card. One thing that makes me kind of chuckle (and at the same time, grimace in pain) when I see photographers on modeling sites like Model Mayhem, One Model Place or Model Brigade (now called "Publicize Me") advertise that they will shoot "250 shots" per shoot and guarantee "10 good ones". Man, that is some kind of PITIFUL success rate!! I have sent PM's to many a photographer telling them to drop that crap from their profile page because it makes them look like a "spray and pray" hack, which of course many of them are. They are usually referred to as GWC's (Guys With Cameras) who go get a low end consumer camera at WalMart or Best Buy and the kit lens and then call themselves "photographers". And their "work" shows it. I may shoot at most 40-50 images during a 2 hour shoot and this will include makeup and wardrobe changes. But I would rather have the client agonize over which of those 40-50 images to find the ones they like the best rather than put them through the [I]misery[/I] of having to wade through 250 or more, mostly crap images just to find those "10 good ones". [/QUOTE]
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