Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>He is quoted as saying "A dozen good negatives in a year is a good year." Let that sink in.<<< I should think so. I've been in photography since 1980. 19 x 12 = 228. While I have thousands of prints around the house, I very much doubt that I have anything like 228 "great" ones, or anyway ones that equal my best. Furthermore, I doubt very much that any photographer's truly great images add up to as many as 12 a year throughout his or her career. I'm sure there are some exceptions, and of course it depends upon how you set your standards. It's not really arguable. Point is, 12 great photographs a year is quite a high output. The odd thing to me--a related point--is that most photographers never bother to figure out WHICH of their pictures are their best. Can you put your hands on a set of prints which you firmly believe are your twelve best pictures from last year? I can't. - --Mike "The difference between a professional and a dilettante is that the professional has a portfolio."