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p.2 #9 · How much do you shoot a game? | |
Hmm...let's see, I shot nearly 15,000 images one day for Hammy. Shot more than 11,000 on another day and I know all of those went home on a disk to every competitor. Oh wait, you're talking about football?
Well, there was the HS football game at a field with about six lights, in the rain/sleet, 40 miles from home with no access to Internet and I had 30 minutes to shoot then get to a computer to send images under deadline. That time I shot a total of 50 images and had two--literally, two--that were usable. That was all I needed, though. 
The key part of Jeremy's post is that this varies by the sport and level of play...AND by the needs of the client.
Time to process? I set a goal for myself after each football game (D1 or NFL) that I have my initial sort complete and the first batch sent to the client within one hour. That typically involves about 1,000 images narrowed down to 60-80, with maybe 20-30 or so being sent with the first batch. The timeline for D1 basketball will typically be the same, except I'm going through anywhere from 500-600 images.
I shot a D2 volleyball game last week and think I ended up with about 300 images from a four-game match and sent in five. Kept many more than that, but those were the five needed for the client.
I have absolutely no clue how many I delete; for me it's just not worth worrying about "keeper" rate. I either get the shots or don't; meet the client's needs or not. If this stuff was brain surgery or rocket science I wouldn't be doing it!
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