By keepers I mean -- how many images so grab you that you actually frame or present them in some formal [ish] way for others to see. Computer does not count.
I would have to say my output is very low at probably no more than 6 per year. Any comments on why you achieve the number you do or don't may be interesting to consider for others. Maybe even post an example of a real keeper and explain why you chose it as such.
six is pretty good. I think Ansel Adams said that he expected about 2 per year.
5-20 for me. Of course I am not very experienced yet and thus my standards aren't super high. I've only done this for just over a year now and I think I have around six too that I personally really like. Add other people to the mix and I am over 20 with all these opinions. But about framing them... I've only gotten two framed because of cost.
my guess is about 5 per year of which 2-3 might be images I continue to promote for several years into the future. These are typically obtained from about 150-200 actual captures. More often than not on the 2-3 keepers, I vist the same location and shoot several takes of the shot until I am happy.
I thought AA said 12 but that may have been a particular project.Originally Posted by Toyon
After posting the original question I averaged over a longer period my "keepers" and would be more honest to say maximum 2 per year
I'm in my darkroom now and I'm intending to revisit some older negs to see what I have missed. Probably nothing!
Most great photographers are really known for about 20 memorable images from a whole career. So 2 or 3 is very good production.
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
That raises the question: when one works on a project of say 10 photographs, only a couple of them will be really good, the rest, hopefully, reasonably good. So when galleries stress a project orientation in a show, they are getting work that is, on average, less good than are more eclectic selection of the best images one has to offer.I thought AA said 12 but that may have been a particular project.
After posting the original question I averaged over a longer period my "keepers" and would be more honest to say maximum 2 per year
I'm in my darkroom now and I'm intending to revisit some older negs to see what I have missed. Probably nothing!
Of course, the keepers are the ones I mount on the wall and that continue to grow and resonate with me. They are not necessarily the ones most popular with others.
10-20 depending on the subject.
If i have a project that im shooting or a goal, i will probably print more.
Frames are really expensive but when AI Friedman has a sale, i jump on it.
In a year, I get usually between 10-20 images that I consider really good, and would consider showing. Of those, perhaps 1-2 are exceptional.
I generally shoot between 150-200 sheets of film a year. Most of those sheets are used up on trips, where I shoot lots of doubles, so I'm probably looking at about 100-125 unique images.
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