Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very true! Tina On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 5:05 PM, R. Clayton McKee <rcmphoto at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I have to argue that the answer depends on circumstances and the purpose of > the photograph. > > > If you're shooting for yourself or for history, or for something other than > news, of course, the priorities that T&T posted are spot on... > > If you're shooting for a news publication, though, the most important > thing, absolutely, is that you capture the significant moment of your > story. > > If you get "the moment" and your lighting and technique are lousy, you get > a snarl from the editor, and you're probably going to be hearing about it > for a while, but at least you have usable pix. > > If you have perfect lighting and composition and you missed the moment, you > got nothin', or at most a sob story at the local watering hole. In today's > world, too, if you repeat the offense very much you also have a lovely pink > paper to decorate your loo with. > > > R. Clayton McKee > PhotoJournalist > from somewhere just south of somewhere else... > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com