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Subject: 5 truths was Re: [Leica] Stories
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Mon Dec 27 06:58:37 2004
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Craig Zeni posted:
Subject: 5 truths was Re: [Leica] Stories

Hi Craig,
Thank you for copying and posting this!!  Absolutely wonderful. Made my day! 
;-)

The funniest thing is to basically read about oneself and career for the 
past 54 years. ;-) It also brings back wonderful memories from the days of 
being a newspaper photographer day after day.

ted


 > From yesterday's Raleigh, NC 'News and Observer'
> http://tinyurl.com/53ku7 which had a section on 'best of 2004' photos from 
> the staff photographers:
>
> Five truths
>
> By G.D. GEARINO, Staff Writer
>
>  1- If you think the keys to good photos are found in things like f-stop 
> settings, shutter speeds and lens selection -- in other words, the 
> technical stuff -- then it's possible you also believe that good writing 
> comes as a result of using a well-oiled typewriter or an expensive pen.
>
>  2- If you want to endear yourself to a photographer forever, learn to 
> identify his or her visual quirks -- the things that make their photos 
> distinctive -- and then make note of them in a conversation. He or she 
> will eat out of your hand after that.
>
>  3- News photographers, when they're on assignment, spend more time than 
> you'd think not taking photos. They make small talk, look around a little, 
> think about things and fuss around with equipment that doesn't really need 
> to be fussed with. When the person to be photographed finally becomes 
> bored and stops paying attention to the camera -- then they shoot.
>
>  4- Being a news photographer is sometimes like being a baseball player 
> coming up to bat in the World Series: You're paid to perform in the 
> clutch. Life doesn't have a rewind button. Sometimes photojournalists only 
> get one shot at something, so they'd better be good.
>
> 5- They're unsentimental about the work that goes into a photo. An 
> ordinary picture that required a superhuman effort to get is still just 
> ordinary. Photojournalists don't want extra credit for sweat. Only the 
> photo counts.
>
> Staff writer G.D. Gearino can be reached at 829-4802 or 
> dang@newsobserver.com.
>
> :)
>
> Craig Zeni
> Mayberry, NC
>
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