Because of the setup of the room, and the lighting, I have some problem shots. There is a series of 4 shots that there's too much motion, so parts are blurry -- a hand moving, things like that. It doesn't artistically add to the photo -- it's just a blurry hand.
Here's my conundrum:
Do I include these photos? The are not the quality that I would like to show the world. However, as a parent, I would rather have a flawed picture of that part of the event, than no picture at all.
What do I do? Do I leave them out so I'm pleased with the quality I'm offering (though they might be irritated that I missed that part)
Do I include them in the batch of photos?
Do I put them in a separate folder and give those away for free or at a discount, admitting that I am not satisfied with them, but I thought they still might like to have them.
Event photography is one of the things I do. I include blurry photos if I don't have enough good ones. Which means the environment probably was very bad, I wasn't let use flash or other lights, so they know they will get some bad blurry photos. I hate it, but I still include them. However, if I do have enough amount of good photos, I either don't include any blurry photos into my batch or have to include a few because they are unique, meaning I don't have a clear photo of the same shots (of person or item or action)
i don't include anything that doesn't meet my standards, which are ridiculously high. why? because you never know who's going to see them...
i landed a major client this year because the client wasn't really thrilled with last year's vendor. after a couple meetings and a test shoot, they were satisfied to hand me some significant work. in planning for their main event, i asked them for some sample collateral, just to get some ideas of how they used their images. what i got was a set of cd's that had been delivered by the previous vendor! and holy cow, it was mind-blowing! the thumbnails and previews were fine, but when you looked at them at 100%, they were nothing short of terrible. soft, out-of-focus, and noisy as all get out. when i inspected the exif, i could see why. these were hired professionals who have been around for quite a while and their work really just didn't cut it. at least half the images shouldn't have been delivered.
yup, like Skip I never include anything that doesn't meet my standards. Sometimes a blurry photo works artistically and/or can serve as a memory so I include it. Of course, I let the client know that I choose the best photos, edit them, and they choose from those. It's how I like to do things but I am upfront from the beginning so they don't expect to get every single photo (they've always been fine with that).
Because of the setup of the room, and the lighting, I have some problem shots. There is a series of 4 shots that there's too much motion, so parts are blurry -- a hand moving, things like that. It doesn't artistically add to the photo -- it's just a blurry hand.
If you get blurry photo (including face), it's your fault. If you get dark photo even at ISO 3200, it's client fault.
Here's my conundrum:
Do I include these photos? The are not the quality that I would like to show the world. However, as a parent, I would rather have a flawed picture of that part of the event, than no picture at all.
you need to summit all part (edit to presentable level). Refer to below .
What do I do? Do I leave them out so I'm pleased with the quality I'm offering (though they might be irritated that I missed that part)
It's same as OP for school graduation event, if you missed few out of hundreds, don't expect to get the job next year.
Do I include them in the batch of photos?
Do I put them in a separate folder and give those away for free or at a discount, admitting that I am not satisfied with them, but I thought they still might like to have them.
No
What would you do?
try to release as much tension as possible and do my best to edit it.
