Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle Cassidy offered: Subject: Re: [Leica] SD card will wirelessly upload your photos as you shoot >>>> So, yes, I think it's a good thing. The biggest danger I see to the >>>> craft of photojournalism is the creeping use of crowd sourced photos by >>>> legitimate news agencies -- fuzzy images by unpaid "citizen >>>> journalists" are finding their way into newspapers, pushing out paid >>>> professionals.<<<<< Hi Kyle, One of the sad things about digital and photo use is exactly what you say... "Joe Blots buys a new mattress from a big box store and receives a "free digital camera!" In his or her mind they click a few and "Oh my gosh look at the great pictures THIS CAMERA TAKES!" And over night with a few clicks more they become the worlds greatest in their own minds, news photographer! aaaaaaacccccccccckkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!! So they begin to click at various rallies or whatever and send their atrocious electronic image without any thought of composition or whatever a real photojournalist would. Then the weak minded visually challenged editor on the desk at the time uses it, instead of the photography from the guy who would be paid who actually sent a far better photograph. Then papers and other publications begin to fall "INTO THE CHEAP MINDED QUALITY DOESN'T COUNT" many have become.... Yes yes I know many are crashing and burning because of the economic times, so fire all their loyal photographers simply because numb nuts Joe Blots keeps sending images for free! :-( The content as seen in many publications these days is pure unadulterated crap! I would not want to be a student in a photography academy these days with any hopes of making a solid living from my photography, certainly with the world full of "Joe Blots super human iphone photographers" doing it for free and a credit line. OK rant over. However, this rant may not mean much to you folks who are amateurs, but for those who are professionals and require clients to make a living it's becoming a disaster! The words... "Oh we have a number of stringers with digi cams so we don't require any photographers any longer!" It becomes devastating as clients drop away like dying flies and we haven't done anything to deserve being cut off! Oh sure if we did it for "FUN" we could still be shooting for many clients. But fun doesn't put bread and butter on the table. ;-( ted