cgipson1
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Great info, however, I still have one unanswered question. If you were doing a photo session with a teen for example, taking unlimited photos, because RAW files are so large, what type of memory would you need to have to hold 200 photos for example?
Do you really want to PP "Unlimited files"? That is ridiculous! Set a reasonable limit and stick too it (200?). And don't give them all of them... make them pick 20 to 40 shots. Better to give 20 to 40 top end shots, than 200 semi crappy ones! If you can't get 20 to 40 top end shots out of 200, then you definitely need more practice!
Concerns about hit percentage aside... I don't like setting limits. I would never say "I'm only going to take 200 shots today, or I'm only going to take 1000 shots today". If I see something, I shoot it, and I don't think about how many shots I've taken unless my memory card is full. Shoot everything, pick the ones you like... I certainly don't PP every shot, or even half of them. Deciding that there's a "correct" amount of shots in a particular situation is such an arbitrary limit. Maybe it made sense when every click was expensive, and had to be developed whether you liked it or not. But digital has removed those limits for us, no sense putting them back for the sake of it.
(if taking more shots means you're thinking less about each one... i.e. spray and pray, that's a different story obviously)
My point was ... that there are many "Fauxtographers" out there that offer a session for X amount of money with unlimited images on a cd with full rights. Who in their right mind is going to do GOOD PP on "Unlimited Images? Especially when the money amount is VERY low... (and those IMAGES need TONS of PP)
For a session.. you have to keep it reasonable, unless you are the Spray and Pray type.. that shoots a massive number of images to just get a few keepers. (God knows there are enough of those!) You have to go with the flow.. if a session is going well, you might shoot more. If the session is stagnant.. take what you need and get the hell out of there. My "limits" were suggestions.. guidelines... not true "limits"!