How many shutter clicks do you use on a given day of shooting?

GeeMack wrote in post #11828290
Went to my grand daughter's dance rehearsal the other night. Took about 125 shots in 30 minutes. Because of the subject, they're all keepers but most people will see only 3 or 4.

Just because that your daughter's precious rehearsal moment, so they are all keeper?

Content always trumps technical execution, especially if you have some emotional tie to the subject. Pictures of other peoples' children may all be non-keepers to you but will of course be valuable to the parents no matter what technical flaws they may have. Sometimes we should remind ourselves that as photographers we are a bit overly nerdy about things like sharpness, exposure etc.

Anders Östberg wrote in post #11833102
Content always trumps technical execution, especially if you have some emotional tie to the subject. Pictures of other peoples' children may all be non-keepers to you but will of course be valuable to the parents no matter what technical flaws they may have. Sometimes we should remind ourselves that as photographers we are a bit overly nerdy about things like sharpness, exposure etc.

You are right Anders... Thank you.
The left side of my brain says it's not a very good capture but the right side says it's a great image.

As many as I feel like taking.

Some days that might be 10 photos, other days 2000

Anders Östberg wrote in post #11833102
Content always trumps technical execution, especially if you have some emotional tie to the subject. Pictures of other peoples' children may all be non-keepers to you but will of course be valuable to the parents no matter what technical flaws they may have. Sometimes we should remind ourselves that as photographers we are a bit overly nerdy about things like sharpness, exposure etc.

yea, my post was trying to bring out that point, but obviously bring it out a whole better than what i said. Yes, we are a bit overly nerdy about sharpness, exposure, but sometimes it good to have the moment and the execution all work well though.

Yes, the content is always always the most important part!

GeeMack wrote in post #11835782
You are right Anders... Thank you.
The left side of my brain says it's not a very good capture but the right side says it's a great image.

lol! This is what happens when i take pictures of my friend's events.

200 on average day of birding; however, at events it will go up between 1200-1400.

180 last shoot trying to keep it to 50 tops...

ckckevin wrote in post #11824482
wow, so on average, even if you click once per second, that's about 3 hours of clicking every day if it's done by a single person, that's crazy. How many people are shooting together to contribute to that 50,000?

Number of shooters? One. Me. Sore hands & all...

Camera is attached to a Wimberley II & tripod via the 70-200/2.8 tripod mount which helps a ton.

What has happened to photography? I see a lot of posts here stating that the keeper rate is about 10% (one even said that the keeper rate was 1%!). One in a hundred shots is worth keeping? Whatever happened to trying to get it right in the camera?

on a day off, in good weather:

in the morning 60-160 shots (sunrise, low sun shots, then waterfowl & BIF)

if good weather - afternoon & evening 60-160 shots

but the keeper rate of 150 shots now days is approx 3-6 average.
Many duplicates from previous shoots, but I just love trying to get a more interesting sharper image so I keep shooting.

this last fall season it was overcast for weeks & weeks & weeks and really got me down. Then I decided to get out & shoot at ISO 12,800 so I could at least get out! and trying for good ISO 12,800 images is fun... for me anyways

A day at the racetrack - cars or bikes usually means about 7- 800 shots over 8-9 hours

Roy Mathers wrote in post #11840773
What has happened to photography? I see a lot of posts here stating that the keeper rate is about 10% (one even said that the keeper rate was 1%!). One in a hundred shots is worth keeping? Whatever happened to trying to get it right in the camera?

What happens (at least in my case) is that I try for lots of shots that I would never have attempted with film, in conditions that are more difficult, and I'm being more picky than ever. It also depends highly on the subject - you can get close to a 100% keepers shooting stills in a studio or a landscape, whereas indoor sports in low light, panning motor sports or shooting flying birds is a completely different matter. Sure I work on getting it more right in the camera, but the keeper rate is still low. Combine that with camera technique that's definitely a work in progress and there you have it.

But as I said before, who cares about keeper rate? It's the absolute number of keepers that gives me pictures to sell, not the relative keeper rate.

10-50 I try not to shoot unless I think Ive got something worthwhile. Must be a throwback from the film days.

Really depends.... I shot my kids tobogganing a couple weeks ago, and I shot about 600 in 2 hours. If I go out shooting sunrises, I might shoot 20 in two hours. Doing long-exposure light trails at night, even less.

I have found that I shoot fewer frames as I get more experienced. I have a better feel now for what will work, and what won't... so I'm more picky before I push the button.

But as everyone has said, it is the good ones that matter... not how many you delete!