I’ve never really thought about it before, but if I had to, I’d guess I have a keeper rate of about 1 in 8. That is based on the fact I usually have at least 3 or 4 shots I’m happy with from a roll of 32. That said, it could be 1 in 5 or 1 in 6, it doesn’t matter. The point is we all have examples of that one missed shot; either it was framed wrong, the exposure was off or the subject was simply not interesting enough, for some reason it just didn’t work.

I was recently going through some holiday shots to sort out the keepers. At the end of the process though I couldn’t help but fee interested in some of the shots I’d messed up. I don’t know if it’s the tease of what could of been if only the camera was angled slightly differently or my timing was better, or it could of be the sense of mystery about what wasn’t captured just outside of frame. The fact is that for me they did have a sense of charm and in a way together formed their own narrative. Sure there’s nothing profound happening here, but I do believe this process can work as a reminder that there’s value in images that don’t fit a conventional view of what technically constitutes a quality photograph.

I’ll probably be adding more over time to the gallery located here.