Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So far, it's been corporate people who are taking the class. I've seen what some of my "fine art" acquaintances are doing digitally. They just haven't been able to get it. I'll let the cat out if the bag on this one. If you are used to shooting RF, and/or with a ground-glass, the phone camera is a cake walk. The phone camera is basic ground-glass photography. On the other hand, with the ability to pre-visualize learned from using a RF, you can shoot with any photographic instrument, regardless of quality, or mechanical complexity. If you've only known photography through the 35mm SLR, there will be a steeper learning curve. S.d. On Sep 17, 2010, at 11:17 AM, kyle cassidy on the LUG wrote: > I think that's probably an inevitable fear at any time. I remember being > terrified and mystified at the color darkroom experience. wanted nothing > to do with it. But the changing dynamics of who has what today made me run > to Twitter last night before anything else looking for video of the > Brooklyn tornado, figuring the crowd source would come up with it before > the major news media outlets (and it looks like the news media got > hoodwinked.) In the days where nearly everyone has a video camera with > the, and they've taken Slobodon's photography course there are > opportunities in news gathering that didn't exist before video. Not all of > this is good, but the cat's out of the bag and we need to figure out how > to deal with it. And by "we" I'm meaning the loose "we" of the lug who I > consider to some extent old news people, or at the very least, people who > understand what Walter Cronkite did.... > > kc > > > On Sep 17, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> I'm so glad I'm not starting out today. I would have to learn video, too, >> and I have absolutely no interest in video. The old days are still great >> if >> you stick with old cameras and still photos! >> >> Tina >> >> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 1:02 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: >> >>> Along these lines in Canada, news photographers working for a newspapers >>> on >>> staff or freelancers wishing to shoot for the paper or news service must >>> have cameras .... their everyday gear, capable of shooting video and >>> stills.... "OR you don't have a job!" > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information