Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I thought there may be some interest as to the types of things we who are >lucky enough to play with cameras for a living shoot on a daily basis. I >also think the other shooters with sites ought to do the same. Come on >Eric, Ted, Carl, Tina and you other shooters out there, lets share our >daily grind with the rest of the LUL. Afterall each of us shoots totally >different things and I think it would be interesting to compare our daily >situations. Also this will increase the amount of Leica shots on the net! > >The direct link is: <http://home.earthlink.net/~hmcclary/1day.html> > >There is also a link from my intro page. The downside of having deadlines to shoot an assignment, is that you may not get the most favorable lighting when having to return with a covered bridge or grotto shot, as shown in the referenced web link to this posting. Being in a position where you could wait a few days if necessary to get the shot would allow you to select better lighting conditions outdoors, no doubt. Getting the right conditions for the shot of the fisherman in the boat required planning as well as some luck in having the right weather conditions. Photojournalism is a tough way to make a living, for sure. You have deadlines to meet, and you have to plan and arrange everything you are going to shoot to meet those deadlines, hoping that no unforeseen circumstances come your way. Add to that the technical pressures, especially when working with available light -- even when it is not "available" -- makes it even more difficult. I tried photojournalism for a while, but was not comfortable working like that, and for a meagre income as well. I like being an amateur, in the non-pejorative sense of the word. Thanks for sharing your photos with us, Harrison. I do admire your work and talent, to be sure, but I do not envy your chosen career. I am lucky enough to be able to use my cameras or my darkroom just about every day as well, but for the love of it, photographing whatever I want to, at my leisure, without the pressures that a working photojournalist has. Perhaps there are some working photojournalists on the LUG who can relate to this, being enviable of the amateur photographer, who just goes out and photographs for the love of it without having to worry about their reputations every time they bring back a few rolls of exposed film. - -GH