While coming up with my favorites photos from 2010, I tapped into the power of Lightroom to help me quickly find all my photos from the year using a smart collection as well as all those that I had published by filtering off of my star rating system.  Since I’m a bit of a numbers guy, I immediately noticed the percentage of photos that I published verus taken.  At first I was disappointed by my photo processing efficiency of the year, but quickly realized that 2010 was a busy year for me in a lot of ways especially with Matthew joining the family.  This made me feel a bit better…  🙂

However, after looking back through my photos from 2009, I quickly realized that I wasn’t that much less efficient. So, on that front, here is a different look at my photos from 2010, by the numbers (note, this excludes all photos taken of Matthew in the past 4 months…that would skew things too much!):

• Percentage of photo taken that were fully processed and published online: 4.5%  (in 2009, I had processed & published 6.2%)
• Of my photos published in 2010, here is the breakdown by gear used:
  • Canon 5D Mark II: 100%  (I didn’t include all my iPhone photos as I don’t import them into Lightroom)
  • Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L: 34%
  • Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II: 24%
  • Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS: 11%
  • Canon EF 24-105 f/4L IS: 7%
  • Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS + 1.4x EF Extender II: 7%
  • Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro: 7%
  • Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II: 6%
  • Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 100mm f/2.0: 3%
  • Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS: 1%
  • Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS + 1.4x EF Extender II: .4%

(Note: by renting lenses from BorrowLenses, I was able to use such a diverse set of lenses through the year)

This makes for an interesting analysis of how frequently you use your gear.  Of course, if the photos you take with your least use lens sells the most…

In the end, it doesn’t diminish the personal satisfaction we find every time we press the shutter button. Even if we are the only ones that see most of those images…

So, what did your 2010 look like by the numbers?