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Whilst I appreciate constructive criticism, it does make photography continually more frustrating.. If a personal favourite selection of photos I like from a set could do with work, the one's I didn't pick feel like they're destined for the bin!

How does everyone else manage? I assume you're just all awesome :D
If I deliver a set of 70 images from an event lasting 2 hours, have I delivered too many?
If I feel some images on their own are weak, but without them the 'story' would be unbalanced - should I remove them anyway?

In particular and in contrast, I removed some good photos of a band member because the lead band member's photos were unflattering (tricky subject!) - and it would create an inbalance to have one photo of them, and several of the other.

Should the best photographer be able to produce a set of infallible images of at any event in any situation? maybe I need to learn from that person.


Whilst settings my sights higher than my ability, is part of my strive for perfection - it is kind of depressing to be such a disappointment.
 
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Wagwan! No keep them. It depends on the end client. Some of the best photographers are very picky on there photos
 
I have a similar issue where we agree that I give them about 30 images but I tend to supply more like 50 or 60. I find that it's the ones that I might more readily get rid of and that are less technically correct, that the 'client' often prefers.
While, I agree about having a 'suite' of photos, the client often uses them as stand-alones so for that will pick and chose ones where everyone looks good. For that purpose, the story is unimportant.
How can the images be infallible if subjectivity and variations in use come in?

(I've written this in the full knowledge that I'm a long way from a 'set of infallible images')
:-)
 
Cheese Scientist said:
While, I agree about having a 'suite' of photos, the client often uses them as stand-alones so for that will pick and chose ones where everyone looks good. For that purpose, the story is unimportant.
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The live music images I'm delivering are displayed as a gallery, to show the event/night as a whole for the artists involved and anyone else interested in the event. The galleries are both on the clients facebook group and my own website, so for me, I find it noticeable if it gets a bit heavy with photos of a photogenic person and light on another..
 
Cheese Scientist said:
Sure, there's a balance. I was just making a point that while one might have the need for a 'suite', they will probably want some that work on Facebook, Twitter, press etc which might need to stand alone.
Sorry if I've misunderstood.
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Ah sure, horses for courses :) add to that you can't please everyone..
 
I can spend two weeks in a foreign country, take a few hundred pics, deleting most on camera as I go, and at the end of the day -after weeks of editing back home- I've settled on just two I really like, that sum up the holiday for me. Binning the rest.

Less is more.
 
I for one have always looked upon your photos with admiration. Not just because of the quality but also the story telling that goes along with them. I fully understand the pushing yourself to be better, but there is a danger as you start to move backwards as to use your words you become a disappointment to yourself. This is something I can emphasise with not with photography, but work in general.
 
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