Often Asked

I don’t consider myself a very good photographer. Sure, I do enjoy it, but I feel I could better learn my camera and general photography principles. But much to my surprise, time and time again, I’m told that I do take very good pictures. Yeah, whatever, but it’s still nice to hear when people love my pictures. Going one further, I’m often asked how I manage to get those types of shots?  You know, the ones that really grab your attention. 

Those types of pictures MAYBE come about once every 10 shots or so.  One aspect of photography that I really run with is to take several snaps of the same subject — one shot is bound to be one of those pictures.  And if not, well, maybe I’ll snap another 10 shots of the same subject again.  I’ve been trying to pass on this mentality — that you’re never going to get that great shot by taking one single snap of a subject or scene.  Sure, you may come close, but I gaurantee if you snap away on the same subject, one of those additional snaps will display better than the original shot.

During our honeymoon, I took over 3000 pictures.  To be honest, I only think ~100 or so of those shots can be considered ‘good’.  So we’re looking at 3%.  Yes, 3%.