Re: [Leica] late night surfing

[Slobodan Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>]

Every now and then, in a sticky situation, TV crews would be asked to
leave. However, in many of those times, the still photographers would be
allowed to stay. The comment we would get, was that at least we wouldn't
be able to lie with our images. 
A good still photographer is rarely intrusive.
Slobodan Dimitrov


bdcolen wrote:
> 
> Well, the whole point of the Digital Journalist site, and its Platypus
> philosophy, has been that photographers are going to have to learn to be
> switch hitters - still and video, masters of both ways of seeing.
> 
> I would suggest, however, that you are right on the mark when you
> suggest that the two forms of recording images involve different ways of
> seeing. While some still photographers can make the transition to video
> - just as some film camera persons can do a great job shooting stills -
> making the transition is not as easy as it seems, and does indeed
> involve very different ways of seeing. Making good film, or video,
> involves allot more than just pointing the camera at what appears to be
> a good still image as people move - just as taking meaningful stills
> involves more than snatching a frame out of a motion sequence.
> 
> B. D.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of David
> Rodgers
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 6:26 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] late night surfing
> 
> B. D.
> 
> At 05:00 PM 4/14/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >The future holds still photography.<
> 
> I certainly hope so. But I wonder about news photography.
> 
> As live feed location video becomes more practical, and since that's
> what pulls in viewers (i.e. revenue), might we see video replacing still
> photography more at major news events?
> 
> But what really caught my attention was that while I've seen stills on
> television, as you point out, I've also seen stills extracted from video
> gracing the pages of periodicals. Even magazine covers for peat sake.
> Crude looking, perhaps, but certain to get better. Nothing that a little
> PS couldn't fix. Not even an ethical issue. A video frame is still a
> still.
> 
> Could it be that in the future one person or crew with one set of
> equipment will serve both video and still media? I was joking about a
> video EOS, but talk about the ultimate motor drive camera. Could just be
> a matter of time and technology.
> 
> Conversely, maybe the mindset required for still and video are just too
> different. What the heck do I know??? :-)
> 
> DaveR
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