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Sol_Invictus t1_j54l4p8 wrote

Reply to comment by Furbs109 in Oaks and fog in Kings Woods, last Autumn. Bedfordshire [OC] 5373x3827 by Furbs109

It's like the burn-pile for a woodworker.

Mistake? What mistake?

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Furbs109 OP t1_j54ldcq wrote

To be honest when I first started I would get about 1 in 10 keepers, now I'm much more selective and I hope a bit better at it, so around 1 in 3. I think that's about the average from what I have read.

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Sol_Invictus t1_j54meh5 wrote

One in three is high praise.

 

Looooooong ago I worked as an assistant for a guy who shot for Playboy. Not any of the name guys; just someone trying to get in the door. Lots of competition.

When the photo editors would select the photo set for Playmate of the Month, they'd put the portfolios on a long conference table. The editors would walk around the table. Anything they didn't like for any reason at all, they threw on the floor. They just kept walking around the table, throwing stuff on the floor.

When they were done and couldn't find anything more to throw on the floor, then they started looking in earnest.

Any photographer there would have killed for one out of three.

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Furbs109 OP t1_j54mvbv wrote

Wow, that must of been soul destroying for the photographers. When I say 1 in 3, the 1 is the shot that doesn't go straight in the bin. I looked back over last year's shots that I kept and edited, I think I was completely happy with about 15. The rest were ok.

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I-melted t1_j54nujh wrote

That’s the very definition of artist. Be prolific, throw away most of your work, release the gold.

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