Number of Pictures

**eccs19** · 10-17-2010, 05:19 AM

Just curious as to what is considered a decent amount of pictures to give to a client. My reason for asking this is..... A friend of mine recently got married, and he just got back his wedding pictures. (on a disk) There were over 3000 pictures for them to sort through. I remember when I got married (film days), the book of proofs we got had about 50 pictures in it. Another friend of mine was out taking some random pictures, and came across a couple doing engagement pictures, and they were doing pictures for about 2-3 hours. That also seems like a lot of pictures for an engagement shoot. I would think for an engagement shoot, maybe 50-100 shots would be standard. So from the pros that are out there, what is considered to be standard for different occasions now a days? (feel free to toss examples other than the 2 I've suggested)

rekordboy · 10-17-2010, 11:52 AM

Wow, 3000 is alot. I would go for more like 300! In my opinion quality is better than quantity when it comes to wedding pics. I'm not a wedding photographer but I recently got married and there were alot of redundant pics. and 300 pics is enough to bore anyone

**Ex Finn.** · 10-17-2010, 01:41 PM

Last time I did a wedding

(for friends with no money), I gave them 397 images. And 190 BW conversions.
3k sounds a lot.

Wheatfield · 10-17-2010, 04:25 PM

#k sounds like they dumped the cards to disk and gave them the whole lot, unedited....
I can't imaging shooting that many pictures at a wedding. It is not only completely unnecessary, but the photographer stands a really good chance of crossing the line from documenting the day to becoming an important (and unwelcome) part of the day.

When I was shooting weddings on film, I would generally take a couple of propacks of whatever Kodak was flogging for 35mm print film and a 220 propack of the same film for the 6x7.
Add in a few rolls of 120 B&W.
And this was always enough.

With Digital I shoot about 500 -700 pictures if I am doing a full day, 400 or so if I am not shooting the reception.
I pare that down to a couple of hundred.
Without getting into a quality vs. quantity debate, I do think digital has made photographers a lot more button happy.

10-17-2010, 05:19 AM	#1
eccs19 Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lisle, Ontario Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,510	Number of Pictures Just curious as to what is considered a decent amount of pictures to give to a client. My reason for asking this is..... A friend of mine recently got married, and he just got back his wedding pictures. (on a disk) There were over 3000 pictures for them to sort through. I remember when I got married (film days), the book of proofs we got had about 50 pictures in it. Another friend of mine was out taking some random pictures, and came across a couple doing engagement pictures, and they were doing pictures for about 2-3 hours. That also seems like a lot of pictures for an engagement shoot. I would think for an engagement shoot, maybe 50-100 shots would be standard. So from the pros that are out there, what is considered to be standard for different occasions now a days? (feel free to toss examples other than the 2 I've suggested)

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10-17-2010, 11:52 AM	#2
rekordboy New Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Vancity Photos: Albums Posts: 5	Wow, 3000 is alot. I would go for more like 300! In my opinion quality is better than quantity when it comes to wedding pics. I'm not a wedding photographer but I recently got married and there were alot of redundant pics. and 300 pics is enough to bore anyone

10-17-2010, 01:41 PM	#3
Ex Finn. Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern Maryland. Espoo. Kouvola. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,975	Last time I did a wedding (for friends with no money), I gave them 397 images. And 190 BW conversions. 3k sounds a lot.

10-17-2010, 04:25 PM	#4
Wheatfield Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The wheatfields of Canada Posts: 15,975	#k sounds like they dumped the cards to disk and gave them the whole lot, unedited.... I can't imaging shooting that many pictures at a wedding. It is not only completely unnecessary, but the photographer stands a really good chance of crossing the line from documenting the day to becoming an important (and unwelcome) part of the day. When I was shooting weddings on film, I would generally take a couple of propacks of whatever Kodak was flogging for 35mm print film and a 220 propack of the same film for the 6x7. Add in a few rolls of 120 B&W. And this was always enough. With Digital I shoot about 500 -700 pictures if I am doing a full day, 400 or so if I am not shooting the reception. I pare that down to a couple of hundred. Without getting into a quality vs. quantity debate, I do think digital has made photographers a lot more button happy.

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