With digital capture, it’s very easy to take hundreds if not thousands of photographs on a shoot and hope a few turn out good. Being shutter-happy is a double-edged sword and is something I try to avoid.


Digital cameras allow us to be better photographers on one hand by providing instant feedback and the ability to correct errors on location. On the other hand, many digital photographers employ the shotgun approach to shooting which leads to sloppiness and results in a lot of wasted time downloading, previewing and editing images that fall short on quality and artistic merit.


I’m not suggesting you should be overly conservative in the number of photos taken on a particular outing given digital capture is free and you are not paying for film and processing. The point I’m making is slow down, think carefully about what you are doing and “Anticipate the Right Moment”. When you do find a good subject in the right light doing something interesting then by all means shoot quickly and capture as many images as you can.