Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great illustration, Harrison. This gives a good example of how a point of view can be generated just by chance, never mind angle and position. Slobodan Dimitrov On Apr 18, 2007, at 6:04 PM, Harrison McClary wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information