Comments on: How Many Photos Do You Take Per Week (on Average) http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-many-photos-do-you-take-per-week-on-average Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cynthia Bohannon-Brown http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-many-photos-do-you-take-per-week-on-average/comment-page-2#comment-46780 Cynthia Bohannon-Brown Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:54:44 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4441#comment-46780 Photography helps with my hypertension, so I take pictures daily. I average about 150 photos per day. All of which are nature photographs. Out of each "batch" of about 150, I have about two-five really good pictures. As the weeks progress, I have noticed the number of good pictures increases, as well. I RARELY delete photos. Instead, I burn them to CDs. I am waiting until after my new Digital 101 class begins, so that I can share the faux pas with my teacher. Hopefully, he can tell me how to improve my photography errors. Happy Shooting Everyone, Cindy Photography helps with my hypertension, so I take pictures daily. I average about 150 photos per day. All of which are nature photographs. Out of each “batch” of about 150, I have about two-five really good pictures. As the weeks progress, I have noticed the number of good pictures increases, as well. I RARELY delete photos. Instead, I burn them to CDs. I am waiting until after my new Digital 101 class begins, so that I can share the faux pas with my teacher. Hopefully, he can tell me how to improve my photography errors.

Happy Shooting Everyone,

Cindy

]]> By: wild honey http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-many-photos-do-you-take-per-week-on-average/comment-page-1#comment-45723 wild honey Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:29:47 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4441#comment-45723 My best hobby is photography & I love to take photograph of landscapes including flowers, bushes, etc..and i used to take too, but the problem i faced is that i don't the actual which camera is the best for them? and i want to take the basic photography courses too which i have never taken before. My best hobby is photography & I love to take photograph of landscapes including flowers, bushes, etc..and i used to take too, but the problem i faced is that i don’t the actual which camera is the best for them? and i want to take the basic photography courses too which i have never taken before.

]]> By: stephen http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-many-photos-do-you-take-per-week-on-average/comment-page-1#comment-45643 stephen Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:12:36 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4441#comment-45643 Modify last comment: <i>Five years ago I would shoot 300+ per day of which maybe <b>2</b> were fantastic and worthy of print.</i> Modify last comment:
Five years ago I would shoot 300+ per day of which maybe 2 were fantastic and worthy of print.

]]> By: stephen http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-many-photos-do-you-take-per-week-on-average/comment-page-1#comment-45642 stephen Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:11:10 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4441#comment-45642 Maybe this has been said already, but the next question should be: <b>"Of the __ photographs you shoot per week, what percentage rank as your BEST photographs?".</b> Anyone who claims to take 1500+ images per week might only keep 2%-5% for publication, printing or purchase. Five years ago I would shoot 300+ per day of which maybe 200 were fantastic and worthy of print. These days I know my camera and equipment far better, thus I may shoot 500 per week, of which around 100 would the best thereof, yet only 25 at maximum would be worthy of print, and only 5 worthy of purchase. I like those odds. Maybe this has been said already, but the next question should be:
“Of the __ photographs you shoot per week, what percentage rank as your BEST photographs?”.
Anyone who claims to take 1500+ images per week might only keep 2%-5% for publication, printing or purchase.

Five years ago I would shoot 300+ per day of which maybe 200 were fantastic and worthy of print. These days I know my camera and equipment far better, thus I may shoot 500 per week, of which around 100 would the best thereof, yet only 25 at maximum would be worthy of print, and only 5 worthy of purchase. I like those odds.

]]> By: pynipple http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-many-photos-do-you-take-per-week-on-average/comment-page-1#comment-45637 pynipple Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:32:56 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4441#comment-45637 while I tend to agree with<b><i> Nicky Hurt</i></b> about not shooting as much in the winter (Minnesota here, so real cold, but still not Alaska cold - brrr) I can still admit to between 20-300 per week in the winter, 95% of which are all indoors (I run a rabbit rescue, so there are always awesome bunnies doing cute/funny things to take pictures of ... but in the warm months, and especially summer, I can easily put 3000 shots or more on in a single day, but if I have a big day like that I"m likely to take a day off to load them onto a PC to go through them ... some people call this the 'spray and pray' shooting, but I <i>am</i> very selective about the set up, lighting, composition and camera settings for all of the shots that I take ... I usually shoot with 2 different Canon bodies and a variety of lenses, an older 4.4MP 1D digital body that I've had for almost 6 years with around 230,000 shots on it (and still working like new) and a newer 21.2MP 1DsMarkIII ... one of the reasons that I take so many shots is because of the very fast frames-per-second speed of the canons ... my older 1D digital will shoot 8 shots per second and even the new 21MP 1DsMK3 will go 5FPS ... so with all honesty, it doesn't take all that long to fill a 16 or 32GB memory card with the new body, or a 4GB (the biggest it will recognize) in the older 1D ... as with everyone else that uses this method, I only select a small percentage, sometimes less than 5% of the final photos as what I call 'keepers' ... not that the rest of the photos are garbage, although there are certainly some of those in the mix every time, but there can be such subtle differences in almost imperceptible areas of the photos from one frame to the next (especially when you get 8 photos every second firing away) that it becomes a matter of mood sometimes when it comes to deciding which I want to print or add to my portfolio ... I know that everyone doesn't have the means to own or use these higher-end cameras (and you <b>DON'T</b> need them to take great photos at all!) but if you don't understand my logic here and you ever get a chance to use one, especially one of the high-speed 1D models, set it to multi-exposure and just let it rip and then photograph a scene of a person modeling or just even talking ... when you go back and scroll through them you'll be surprised at the tiny little changes in the way their eyes move or their face changes in 1/8th of a second (or faster in one of the new models) that can make all the difference between a good photo and a great photo one more thing about the cost of these cameras ... you don't have to be rich to own one of these ... you can get the older Canon professional 1D digital bodies for $400-$500 or so if you look for them carefully, and even though they are only 4.4MP, they will BY FAR outshine *any* 12MP point and shoot, and most other prosumer DSLR cameras -even new ones- when it comes to image quality ... if you're in the market, it's worth looking into ... and as I mentioned, mine has 230,000 shots on it and it's never needed anything more than a standard cleaning ... they are water and dust resistant and you can drop them without damaging them .. the whole series is very rugged and made to last - if you're thinking about spending $400 or so on a used digital Rebel, you should consider a used 1D instead and see what it's like to use a camera that originally cost $5,500 ... enough about that anyways ... that's my take on how many photos I'm likely to shoot in a given week ... and when I'm doing photo shoots with models it's completely different and that's when I <i>really</i> start taking a lot of photos, I count on 3000-6000 for a typical 4-6 hour shoot, but it's been as high as 10,000 when using 4-5 cameras in a studio ... I know that some people are concerned with the wear and tear on their gear, but this is exactly the type of abuse my cameras were <i>designed and made</i> for, so I don't have any worries there ... of course it does take a lot longer to go through all of the photos and decide on which to fully process and put in the 'keepers' folder, but other than that, it's not costing me anything at all ... digital RULES! - before digital, only the super, super rich (certainly tnot me!) could afford to shoot like I do and get away with it ... can you imagine how much it would cost, in both money, time and supplies, to take a few thousand photos in one photo shoot and hen develop them all to go through them? - that's insanity ... I would encourage anyone with any digital camera to try out several methods of shooting ... try going real light on the shutter button and set up each shot like you're Monk and maybe only take 5 photos the whole day ... but also try out the 'spray-and-pray' method that I use (also taking your time to set up the shot and frame it with care) ... and see which works for you - with digital it won't cost you any money to try it out! - the most important thing is to have fun doing it ... good comments so far, it's interesting to hear all of the different opinions on this subject while I tend to agree with Nicky Hurt about not shooting as much in the winter (Minnesota here, so real cold, but still not Alaska cold – brrr) I can still admit to between 20-300 per week in the winter, 95% of which are all indoors (I run a rabbit rescue, so there are always awesome bunnies doing cute/funny things to take pictures of … but in the warm months, and especially summer, I can easily put 3000 shots or more on in a single day, but if I have a big day like that I”m likely to take a day off to load them onto a PC to go through them …

some people call this the ‘spray and pray’ shooting, but I am very selective about the set up, lighting, composition and camera settings for all of the shots that I take … I usually shoot with 2 different Canon bodies and a variety of lenses, an older 4.4MP 1D digital body that I’ve had for almost 6 years with around 230,000 shots on it (and still working like new) and a newer 21.2MP 1DsMarkIII … one of the reasons that I take so many shots is because of the very fast frames-per-second speed of the canons … my older 1D digital will shoot 8 shots per second and even the new 21MP 1DsMK3 will go 5FPS … so with all honesty, it doesn’t take all that long to fill a 16 or 32GB memory card with the new body, or a 4GB (the biggest it will recognize) in the older 1D …

as with everyone else that uses this method, I only select a small percentage, sometimes less than 5% of the final photos as what I call ‘keepers’ … not that the rest of the photos are garbage, although there are certainly some of those in the mix every time, but there can be such subtle differences in almost imperceptible areas of the photos from one frame to the next (especially when you get 8 photos every second firing away) that it becomes a matter of mood sometimes when it comes to deciding which I want to print or add to my portfolio …

I know that everyone doesn’t have the means to own or use these higher-end cameras (and you DON’T need them to take great photos at all!) but if you don’t understand my logic here and you ever get a chance to use one, especially one of the high-speed 1D models, set it to multi-exposure and just let it rip and then photograph a scene of a person modeling or just even talking … when you go back and scroll through them you’ll be surprised at the tiny little changes in the way their eyes move or their face changes in 1/8th of a second (or faster in one of the new models) that can make all the difference between a good photo and a great photo

one more thing about the cost of these cameras … you don’t have to be rich to own one of these … you can get the older Canon professional 1D digital bodies for $400-$500 or so if you look for them carefully, and even though they are only 4.4MP, they will BY FAR outshine *any* 12MP point and shoot, and most other prosumer DSLR cameras -even new ones- when it comes to image quality … if you’re in the market, it’s worth looking into … and as I mentioned, mine has 230,000 shots on it and it’s never needed anything more than a standard cleaning … they are water and dust resistant and you can drop them without damaging them .. the whole series is very rugged and made to last – if you’re thinking about spending $400 or so on a used digital Rebel, you should consider a used 1D instead and see what it’s like to use a camera that originally cost $5,500 … enough about that

anyways … that’s my take on how many photos I’m likely to shoot in a given week … and when I’m doing photo shoots with models it’s completely different and that’s when I really start taking a lot of photos, I count on 3000-6000 for a typical 4-6 hour shoot, but it’s been as high as 10,000 when using 4-5 cameras in a studio … I know that some people are concerned with the wear and tear on their gear, but this is exactly the type of abuse my cameras were designed and made for, so I don’t have any worries there … of course it does take a lot longer to go through all of the photos and decide on which to fully process and put in the ‘keepers’ folder, but other than that, it’s not costing me anything at all … digital RULES! – before digital, only the super, super rich (certainly tnot me!) could afford to shoot like I do and get away with it … can you imagine how much it would cost, in both money, time and supplies, to take a few thousand photos in one photo shoot and hen develop them all to go through them? – that’s insanity …

I would encourage anyone with any digital camera to try out several methods of shooting … try going real light on the shutter button and set up each shot like you’re Monk and maybe only take 5 photos the whole day … but also try out the ‘spray-and-pray’ method that I use (also taking your time to set up the shot and frame it with care) … and see which works for you – with digital it won’t cost you any money to try it out! – the most important thing is to have fun doing it …

good comments so far, it’s interesting to hear all of the different opinions on this subject

]]> By: Roger http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-many-photos-do-you-take-per-week-on-average/comment-page-1#comment-45617 Roger Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:24:40 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4441#comment-45617 I try to use photography as a relaxing hobby. A friend and I try to take one day a week and drive around the local area (Skagit County, northwest Washington State, USA) in search of anything to shoot. Lately it is water fowl (Geese, Swan, Ducks). As soon as the flowere are blooming we will move into that. Web sites such as this one is of great encouragement to not get into a rut and loose the fun. It would be nice to be able to sell images but that hasn't occured yet though many that have seen my attempts agree that the best are worth hanging on the wall. I would like to encourage all of you out there to get out and try to share your world with everyone else through your pictures. Let everyone else around you see what makes your world great. I try to use photography as a relaxing hobby. A friend and I try to take one day a week and drive around the local area (Skagit County, northwest Washington State, USA) in search of anything to shoot. Lately it is water fowl (Geese, Swan, Ducks). As soon as the flowere are blooming we will move into that. Web sites such as this one is of great encouragement to not get into a rut and loose the fun. It would be nice to be able to sell images but that hasn’t occured yet though many that have seen my attempts agree that the best are worth hanging on the wall.
I would like to encourage all of you out there to get out and try to share your world with everyone else through your pictures. Let everyone else around you see what makes your world great.

]]> By: Stan McQuown http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-many-photos-do-you-take-per-week-on-average/comment-page-1#comment-45608 Stan McQuown Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:43:28 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4441#comment-45608 In 2006 I took 9101 images, last year is was 7695 As everyone else, it depends on the subject and how many backup batteries you have. In 2006 I took 9101 images, last year is was 7695 As everyone else, it depends on the subject and how many backup batteries you have.

]]> By: bradzo66 http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-many-photos-do-you-take-per-week-on-average/comment-page-1#comment-45599 bradzo66 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:47:15 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4441#comment-45599 One night I took 1650 shots, a particularly good night for photos , I boght my 40d on the 9th of Jan 2009 and have over 16000 shots recorded already , gee maybe I should slow down and no Im not addicted lol just eager !! One night I took 1650 shots, a particularly good night for photos , I boght my 40d on the 9th of Jan 2009 and have over 16000 shots recorded already , gee maybe I should slow down and no Im not addicted lol just eager !!

]]> By: Karen http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-many-photos-do-you-take-per-week-on-average/comment-page-1#comment-45593 Karen Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:04:50 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4441#comment-45593 I voted 250-500.... My job I can say does not interfere with my photography.... it is actually more of an enabler! LOL... I am a full time Mom so my subjects are around me constantly. I find that I can easily take between 25-50 per day and then when we have a field trip or our weekly play-date I can easily get another 100.... For example we went on a 6 mile nature walk yesterday... I came home with over 250 picts just from those few hours.... But today I haven't taken very many. I would say with how fast kids grow I can easily shoot over 1000 picts per child (I have 3) in a month or two. By the way, I would love to learn more about dealing with children in motion!! What are the best camera setting to get kids when they are playing or exercising? I have quite a few where they are just a little blurry…. I hate that – great shots are pretty much ruined b/c they are blurry. I have played around with my camera but can’t seem to quite figure it out yet. Any suggestions would be great!!! I voted 250-500…. My job I can say does not interfere with my photography…. it is actually more of an enabler! LOL… I am a full time Mom so my subjects are around me constantly. I find that I can easily take between 25-50 per day and then when we have a field trip or our weekly play-date I can easily get another 100…. For example we went on a 6 mile nature walk yesterday… I came home with over 250 picts just from those few hours…. But today I haven’t taken very many. I would say with how fast kids grow I can easily shoot over 1000 picts per child (I have 3) in a month or two.

By the way, I would love to learn more about dealing with children in motion!! What are the best camera setting to get kids when they are playing or exercising? I have quite a few where they are just a little blurry…. I hate that – great shots are pretty much ruined b/c they are blurry. I have played around with my camera but can’t seem to quite figure it out yet. Any suggestions would be great!!!

]]> By: Tee Ransone http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-many-photos-do-you-take-per-week-on-average/comment-page-1#comment-45559 Tee Ransone Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:57:06 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4441#comment-45559 When I am on a trip (next China 4/15/09) I can shoot 200 a day easy. But my everyday life is much, much less. I do take my camera with me and have been known to pull off the road quickly to capture a shack, a flower, a sunset or sunrise or stormcloud, a funny sign, etc. Tee When I am on a trip (next China 4/15/09) I can shoot 200 a day easy. But my everyday life is much, much less. I do take my camera with me and have been known to pull off the road quickly to capture a shack, a flower, a sunset or sunrise or stormcloud, a funny sign, etc.

Tee

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