I just got done processing the images from the Stanford football game last night — my first time photographing a football game.  Out of 1,083 frames taken, 57 made the raw cut, and of those there are 8 that I’m particularly proud of.  That’s a rate of about 0.7%.

That might seem low, but it’s not unheard of in the industry.  Appartently, Sports Illustrated shot over 300,000 frames at the Olympics this year.  Of those, only 1,046 were “super selects,” a rate of about 0.3%.  Granted, many were from remotes, and there was a lot of duplicated effort, but can you imagine trying to edit that volume of photos?

In the future, I’ll try to lay off the motor drive a bit more, as that contributed greatly to my total count.  My camera’s shutter will thank me.