Re: Di quietly

[Harrison McClary <hmphoto@delphi.com>]

Danny Gonzalez wrote:

> absolute worst of their own. The fact that the 'media' would choose to
> villify still photographers is sadly telling of the respect still
> photographers garner in the marketplace (which doesn't surprise me)

Still photographers have always been treated like the red headed step child,
due in a large part to the fact when photography was first introduced in
newsrooms many photographers were type clerks, mail runners ect who were given
a camera and viola a photographer was born.  It has taken many years for us to
gain any respect and this is the reason we are so quick to jump on those who
push the limits too far.

> Remember the poor UPI guy who missed the critical moment of Reagan
> being
> shot? This accident was historic and would've been voraciously covered

Actually, according to friends I have in the Washington Press Corp from that
era J Scott Applewhite (the AP guy who got the pulitzer and "new" Washington
correspondent at the time for AP was in the WRONG position, he just got lucky
and the wrong position was the right one-one reason he is the only guy with
his angle of the shooting.  Anyone who has shot news very much has been in
this circumstance and is very pleased when being out positioned by more
experienced shooters turns out well for you.  Of course the person who told me
this was a fellow UPI shooter, so the story may have been slanted ;).  

I am not saying Scott is a bad photographer, quite the contrary he is
excellent, just on that day had Reagan not been shot he would have had photos
of the back of his head as he got in the car, but as circumstances had it he
was facing Scott at the moment of impact and Scott kept his cool and hammered
the shot.  I find it interesting that many of AP's Washington shooters are
former UPI guys, Greg Gibson, Joe Markett, ect.  You just never know where we
are going to turn up!

Cheers,

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Harrison McClary
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