You should know better by now, Chris; 75% miss is excellent for anybody! I used to feel smug with one out of 36 being good.
A calendar out of 50 or 60 cassettes was good shooting in anyone's book. It's work, Chris, it's always work - only sometimes you can enjoy working.
Rob C
Err ... ehem .. yes ... but this was already a selection ... though definitely not a 1 out of 36, more like 30-50 %.
I mean - why press the shutter when throwing it away later?
I also tried something a bit different with this series:
Basically no b/w (its always easier to get some cool effects with b/w - color is more challenging imo) and
I left contrast almost at the out of camera level to retain a sort of unexcited, more documentary look.
I didn't want to blow up the images too much in color and contrast - that is also the reason why I intentionally did no b/w conversion with the lady and shadow image.
Since I have this digital camera I realize a dramatic boost of color and contrast in my work, which has two sides,
good an bad and I want to preserve my abillity for differentiation and the use of not so over the top tones and effects.
So - the series and the way I edited it also reflect this process of change where digital image capture and the new tool play a very important role and I am trying to adapt to it and find my way.
Cheers
~Chris