Short and Sweet

     When I go to a photo shoot, I take a LOT of photos. My brothers often ask me about it; "Kaela, why do you have to take, like, at least three pictures of everything?" Actually, when I first started taking photo classes, that is exactly what my photo teacher told me - to take three of everything. You get one angle that you like, and you snap three photos, because the expressions of the subject might change, or the camera might get bumped (resulting in blurry photos), or you might adjust your zoom on the camera and back up a bit, or shift your lighting, etc. Then, you try another position for the subjects, or another angle, and you do it all over again. As you might imagine, the numbers build up quickly.
     Last month (wow, I am having the sudden realization that November is now technically "last month") I think I hit my all time lowest number of photos during a photo shoot - only 101 photos. Typically, I might take between 300-400 photos on a normal shoot, even though it only lasts about an hour or so. Newborn shoots take a bit longer, but only because they require a lot more posing and prop set-up. This particular shoot we were on a time crunch, so it was shorter than usual, and I didn't take nearly as many photos.
     That being said, the photos that we did get were so, so sweet. I loved working with this beautiful baby girl :) Thus, the moral of the story is that although taking a lot of photos is a great way to learn and experiment, you do not have to take a million to turn out with a few sweet ones. As long as you work efficiently with the time you have.