What Percentage of Your Shots Are Worth Hanging?

Nobody shoots 100% on the ball, especially in the digital age. I'm sure we all have some percentage of our photos that are “keepers” — and by “keepers” I mean those shots that are worth saving and possibly showing somebody else. The digital Photography School Forum ran a “keepers” poll last week and the results show that a majority of photographers fall into the “less than 25%” category. But what about those photos that are really outstanding? You know, the ones that you'd hang on your wall… or better yet, the ones that somebody else would hang on their wall.

So honestly, how many of your shots turn out to be worthy of hanging? And as you gain experience, do you find that this percentage is increasing, decreasing, or staying the same?

What Percentage of Your Shots Are Worth Hanging?

Be sure to check out the results from the last poll on Color Space for Black and White Photos. It pretty much shows that we're programmed to only use sRGB and Adobe RGB, even when working with grayscale images. Almost nobody uses grayscale color spaces, and a surprising amount of voters don't know what a color space is. Well folks, it's kind of a dry topic so it's perfectly understandable.