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On average what would you say is your success rate when you go out to shoot? And what’s your experience level?

For myself who has a passion for photography but zero formal training and only purchased my first real camera less than a year ago, I’d say 1% of the pictures that I take are “good” or at least to the point to where I’d share them.

I know a lot comes from just going out and taking pictures but I feel like the gaps between when I go out and take pictures and actually sit at the computer and look at them is so spread out that I can never remember what I did or was thinking last time I was out shooting

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[–] Yarrenze_Newshka@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

From my hobbyist perspective. doing mostly street & portraiture with occasional event, of those I shoot, exceptional are ~1%, and worth a print.
Very good are ~5%, and they may or may not be printed.
Good ones are 10-20% - those are usually good enough for social networks.

This doesn't include any experiments with lights etc of course, since success rate for those cannot be measured - it may be a trash photo, but it may also give me a better understanding of how light works which is a success for me.

Also, since I have shaky hands, there tends to be slight motion blur that's not pleasing on ~30% of quick photos I take, which irritates the crap out of me, but I can't do much about it sadly :)