As a professional photographer, I will almost always shoot multiple images of the same thing. Why you ask because there is nothing worse than thinking you’ve captured a magic moment in one frame, only to see that there is something wrong. Had you’ve shot one more frame you would have nailed it. In general, at a typical wedding, I shoot about 3,000 images. Then in post-production, I edit the images down to somewhere around 1,000 images. Due to the fast pace of a wedding there simply is no time to zoom in on each frame in camera to make sure people have their eyes open, so I overshoot to guarantee I get the shot. I overshoot both formals and candids. Believe it or not, candids aren’t often captured in one frame, even though they appear to be.
Sure Shot!
Most photographers don’t overshoot because they’re either don’t want to spend the time editing or they feel that with their skills they don’t need to overshoot. I feel like its a big mistake not to overshoot you cannot control people and digital space is cheap.