But first, look at this tree.
Nice little tree, isn’t it? Shooting in black and white, so I won’t be able to see the pop.
All right. Two things. Two ways to know if you’re not taking enough photos.
First one: you are afraid of missing shots.
You should not be afraid of missing shots.
You should be taking so many damn photos that you know if you miss a shot, you’re just going to be out tomorrow and you’re going to get another shot, or maybe two or three better than that one.
So fear of missing a shot should just never even enter your mind.
Number two: you are afraid of post.
You’re dumping all those damn RAW files in there. A couple of them you shot in really bad lighting, so you know you’re going to have to dick around with them in Lightroom for like a half hour.
You’re going to have to spend all this time on each photo in post, and you just know it’s going to be a pain in the ass.
It’s so much of a pain in the ass that you know what you’ve done?
You’ve just dumped all of your photos into a folder on your computer, and they’re just sitting there because you can’t even bear to open them up, sort through them, and start processing. It’s just too much work.
Look, little Morrison.
A little Morrison. We got some Morrison.
Isn’t he from Venice? I think Morrison’s from Venice. He’s from the hood.
So yeah, those are the two things.
You’re not shooting enough, and you’re still fiddling around with RAW photos.
Now, I’m talking specifically about street photography. I’m not talking about professional and paid work and all that crap. Yeah, you probably need to stick to RAW for that.
But for something you’re doing as a hobby, who cares about RAW?
You don’t need the RAW photo.
My JPEGs look just as good as the RAW photos. Nobody would ever know if I shot JPEG or RAW. Ever.
So just simplify the workflow.
Don’t be afraid of the JPEGs. Shoot your little JPEGs. It’ll be just fine.
Probably less than 1% of every photo I take in JPEG I have to delete because of a messed-up exposure.
And if you really see something you like and you’re taking a photo of it, don’t just take one shot.
You should be taking 10, 20 shots or something if you really feel like it’s going to be a good frame.
So yeah, that’s what I do.