Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >