Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have had these discussions with people often, and the one thing that always comes to mind is the question...has the media ever really had integrity? In the days of Hearst and Pulitzer it was called "Yellow Journalism" anything sensational to sell a paper, 70 point head lines and screaming kids with papers "READ ALL ABOUT IT" At least back then there were differing view points in the media. Now most outlets are owned by a relatively few companies, and in many towns only one paper, so there are few differing views out there, the truth almost always lay somewhere in between what was reported in the different papers, now you just get one. As a journalist you should strive to keep yourself separate from that which you are covering, but simply deciding the angles and the moment you snap the shutter tells a story and colors the image. A few weeks ago I covered President Bush in Chattanooga. In this first image the real mood of the meeting came across, it was mostly a friendly atmosphere: http://www.mcclary.net/cpg148/displayimage.php?album=34&pos=4 In this second photo it appears that it was confrontational, which it was not: http://www.mcclary.net/cpg148/displayimage.php?album=34&pos=5 Note: I AM NOT making a political statement here, simply showing how when one is making images at 1/250 of a second the moment is fleeting and a fleeting moment taken out of context can shift perceptions with pout there being ANY photo shop manipulation at all. Harrison. -- Harrison McClary Harrison McClary Photography harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography http://www.imagestocksouth.com Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: http://www.mcclary.net/blog