What is your RATIO?

A friend and I were having a discussion and we were just wondering what ratio or percentage of pics would you Guys/Gals say are good ones out of all the photos that you may take in any type of setting, Mainly Weddings, Senior Pics, Model Pics etc. Also What Camera body do each of you use.
Of course some of you that are more seasoned would get better results!!! But, Just curious what the ratio might be on the average.

I don't shoot as much as I would like, but I would say I get about 2-3 -Extremely good ones "Keepers" out of every 10. I use the 7D w/24-105 or 70-200 MKII most of the time.

So many variables, the biggest is one's concept of keeper, that any results are meaningless. For me, if I get 1 good image that I want to print large I consider it to be a successful day.

Interesting question, and one that I can't answer with any accuracy.

What I CAN say though is that some days I do way better than others. I would say that 20-30% of keepers would very very high...though I have achieved that on a good day. Some days I biff the lot.

But I must say that when I was shooting colour transparencies on a 4x5 Linhof my percentages were very high! They had to be.

Love the graph.. make so much sense..

Canon 1Ds III and Canon 7D. This depends greatly on what your definition of a good photo is. Technically correct? Great moment captured? Perfect focus? Composed perfectly? Useable? All of the preceding? I get a lot of technically correct photos, I get very few good photos. Many times I won't even trip the shutter. Yes, I have a good composition, I have great DOF, my subject is framed perfectly, focus is impeccable, and then the sunset is a dud, I'll just pack up.

Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop. - Ansel Adams.

namtot wrote in post #15888480

You have a ton of free time on your hands....

I have a busy day job and very limited time to shoot these days. When I can take my camera out to shoot, I try to take no less than 200 shots. If I get 1-2 that I really, really like out of those 200, it was a good day.

I didn't make the graph, its widely available on this thing known as the internet

The Canon 7D Kid wrote in post #15888462
=The "Canon 7D" Kid;15888462]A friend and I were having a discussion and we were just wondering what ratio or percentage of pics would you Guys/Gals say are good ones out of all the photos that you may take in any type of setting, Mainly Weddings, Senior Pics, Model Pics etc. Also What Camera body do each of you use.
Of course some of you that are more seasoned would get better results!!! But, Just curious what the ratio might be on the average.

I don't shoot as much as I would like, but I would say I get about 2-3 -Extremely good ones "Keepers" out of every 10. I use the 7D w/24-105 or 70-200 MKII most of the time.

Photography isn't an industrial efficiency exercise. It's a combination of art and coincidence. Even the best commercial and art photographers may expose hundreds of frames to get a handful of images.

Sacadelic wrote in post #15888637
Love the graph.. make so much sense..

Word! I have a ton of experience with the up and down of the blue line!

No matter what camera I use, I'm about 1 out of 15 for keepers for me.

Wedding specifically, currently 7D and 6D with some good lenses.
Technically(focus, exposure, comp etc.), 10 years ago maybe 1/7 was perfect, now maybe 9/10 are perfect. Visually, as in 10/10 portfolio worthy subject/idea, 10 years ago 1/350, now 1/60 maybe better.

Hogloff wrote in post #15888473
So many variables, the biggest is one's concept of keeper, that any results are meaningless. For me, if I get 1 good image that I want to print large I consider it to be a successful day.

+1...Completely agree.

namtot wrote in post #15888480

Outstanding.