How many roll of film you shoot a week?

[wilhelm]

Saint Ansel maintained that 12 keepers in any year was a very good

year. HC-B shot prolifically but edited ruthlessly. Gene Smith said

that the most important photographic accessory was the waste basket.

[Spearhead]

<i>Saint Ansel maintained that 12 keepers in any year was a very good

year</i><p>

 

He didn't sell much stock, did he?<p>

 

I don't think he's much of a Saint and I don't think his shooting

characteristics have much relevance to other photographers.<p>

 

I shoot a lot, but I'm selling stuff so maybe that makes a difference.

[douglas k.]

George's comments, three posts above, are interesting. My "keeper"

ratio is much lower than his, but it may be related to format. When

I used to shoot slides, I would keep and show a higher % of shots.

Now I shoot only B&W and do the processing and printing myself. I

spend from 15 mins. to a couple of hours getting a print "just right."

Consequently, I only commit to printing a frame if I think it has

solid potential. I had a high "keeper" ratio from a recent trip to

the UK -- out of about 13 rolls (468 frames) I printed about a dozen

frames. But they were good frames.