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I don't know about you, but when I am editing photos after a shoot of any kind I like to have options to work with. Sometimes a pose or angle that I thought was great at the time ends up falling flat when I see it later. But if I am able to get a variety of shots, I feel much better when I start looking at them on screen.  Obviously it's not always easy to shoot your subject in 10 different ways. When it comes to photographing kids I think we just take what we can get. So a beautiful little vase of flowers is a luxury to play around with.

These are just 4 of the best shots from the 30 that I took. But I love being able to pick and choose the best.  If you have a chance, try it out and show your options in the comments section.

 

Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2008 by Registered CommenterPaige Balcer in | Comments17 Comments | References1 Reference

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    by Debbie Schinker at Schinker's Shutterbug Site on May 10, 2008
    Dewitt Jones, National Geographic photographer, once told me in a presentation that you don’t stop shooting until you get the shot that is the right answer - and to remember that there is more than one right answer! He said that whether it takes 1,000 or 10,000 shots to get one ...

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each one is wonderful in it's own way. what a gorgeous series Paige.
May 9, 2008 | Registered CommenterShutter Sisters
paige, i so love the delicate simplicity of that shot. the way the flowers pop on a natural background. so lovely :) i think my fave is the second one because of the simple splendor of it. thank you for sharing with us!
May 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermelanie
These are really beautiful. I love having the time to play with different shots and angles. That's one of the great things about photographing flowers, isn't it? I think it was Imogen Cunningham who said she took photos of flowers partly because they held still longer than children. Here's my post today with two perspectives of rain through the window:http://sandycovetrail.blogspot.com/2008/05/rich-get-rain.html
May 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commentercloudscome
I am the same way, I like to have more shots than I need, there is comfort in that
May 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterTony
Thank God for digital technology to allow us to take those 30 shots so we can get the perfect one! Practice makes perfect after all!
May 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJen
This post makes me laugh. I am the same way... if I have the opportunity and a good subject, I will take a million of the SAME thing with different angles and lighting with the intent to *play* later. I did this a couple of weeks ago with a vase of flowers at my brother's house... later I went to the beach and my friends kept looking through the pics on my camera and saying "What's the deal with the flowers?!" I hadn't uploaded them to my computer yet. It was funny. I was like "Leave me alone, I have a plan!" I love taking a ton of pics and then playing. :)

And my personal favorite is #1.
May 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commentercalissa
oh, my! i am the queen of a zillion shots when i get the chance. i'm always running to catch up with my family after 10 shots of some nettle or my kid running... when i really wanted 20.

my pick for yours? #3 then #4

May 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKim
Ah, that's the very thing I love most about having an slr. Throw a couple 2GB cards into my camera bag, and I'm yelling DAY TRIP! It is next to impossible for me to take just one photograph of something. It has to be several, sometimes over a hundred.
May 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterkatie
The gift of digital photography is the ability to take many shots of the same thing..and then pick and choose. I photographed this from many angles before choosing this one to keep:

http://marciescudder.blogspot.com/2008/05/dream-catcher.html
May 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMarcie
that first picture is so gorgeous, Paige!!!

Often times, with kids, I take tons of photos just to get 1 or 2 good ones to choose from.

Here's mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23829646@N02/2460255720/
May 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMama DB
Like everyone else, I'm grateful for the digital age. I take a zillion shots of everything too, and I play with them later. I love all your shots of these little flowers. What happy pictures they are.
May 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterShelli
I so do this. All the time. I keep trying to get that perfect pic that I see in my mind. Here is a whole post I did of an amaryllis this winter. Trying to get the perfect shot.

http://www.wineonthekeyboard.com/2008/02/05/the-difficult-amaryllis/
May 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKacey
Conveniently enough, I have 2 options I just shot a few days ago with the same dandelion. I tried it about 10 different ways & posted 2 yesterday.

I LOVE your options, BTW!

http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2479960728/
http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2477609496/in/photostream/
May 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLawyer Mama
oh, gosh. I take so many . . . now if I can just get better about tossing the "bad" ones my photo library wouldn't be so sloshy!

I did a similar thing a month or so ago on my blog (though I like your shots better --) with an easter lily. Had lots of fun playing.

http://lynlepre.typepad.com/lifeinpajamas/2008/03/32408.html
May 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLyn
These are all so beautiful. I love shooting still life as it gives me an opportunity to really study an object from a variety of perspectives.
May 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterlittlepurplecow
I very much like your second shot in this series.
May 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDawnomite!
These are stunning, Paige! And, yes, let's here it for digital!! No wonder I dropped out of the one photography class I took years ago -- it was film, and I was so frustrated that I had to get the pitures processed before I could see if the I had applied were working. I can't imagine not having digital! And, yay for still life, too. It's much calmer than toddlers ;-)
May 13, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterjen hunter

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