Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > On Dec 6, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Tina wrote: > > > I have over > > 500,000 photos store this way with no problems so far. > > > Wow! Assuming you have been photographing for 50 years, that's over > 10,000 photos a year. > When did you find time to have those kids? > > Larry Z I don't think that's many for a professional photographer. In the book On Being A Photographer, Bill Jay talks about David Hurn arriving in Texas or Kansas or somewhere for a year-long visit, and shooting 1,000 rolls of film in that year. That's 36,000 photos in one year, so about 13-14 years at that rate to reach Tina's figure. Mind you, he probably had someone else do his child-bearing for him. Bob