Category: Press photography
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” You Can’t Take My Picture! “
Okay. Just as you say. I’ll just pop off to my computer, swing the AI app into place, and write up an image of you. How many fingers do you want up your nose? The precious celebrity, entitled social icon, or would-be tyrant is free to refuse photography. They can put their hand in front of…
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Retro Flash
I had to laugh when I watched a recent YouTube post about retro flash. The presenter was describing how to get images to look as they did in the 1990’s…considering this to be Ye Olden Days. For some of us Ye Olden Days had 10 ISO film, press flashbulbs, and minor explosions. The best we…
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Any Picture Is Better…
Than no picture. Set your camera to a standard every time you put it away…and keep it at this standard right up until you need to reset it to do some specific task. Think of your camera as a loaded naval gun with ammunition in a ready-use locker nearby. Try this for an average DSLR…
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The Rights Of The Street Photographer
Whoops, that was a typo. I meant to write the wrongs of street photography. What not to do and why. A. Do not take pictures of street fights. The people involved in them are angry and may be armed. Their anger at each other can easily turn toward you. When they fight, run away. B.…
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If You Need To Kill Time…
Get a sharp dagger and plunge it into your side. You will not have much of that time, but it’ll be intense. You will not be bored. If you need to kill time photographically, go buy a book. Your boredom will vanish in the intensity of another’s vision. You may be envious, or jealous, or…
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The Beaten-up Camera
You may have seen pictures of famous war correspondents and their cameras – sometimes Leica M’s – sometimes Nikon F’s. And all looking like they had just been dive-bombed. This was a real thing amongst people who were being dive-bombed. They sought shelter in slit trenches and by hugging the ground, and their cameras were…
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Pull Out All The Stops…
It might not be better, but it’ll be louder. If you wish to kick your career up another notch, from non-existent to abysmal, there is no better way than to become involved in a small publication. Whether it is a club newsletter or a Tijuana Bible, there is a place for you in the hearts…
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What Would The WPA Photographers Do Now?
I mean now that the Soviet Union is gone and Russia is waging war on it’s nearest neighbour…badly. Would they still wear coloured shirts and woolly ties? Where would the photo-communists of the 30’s and 40’s find their golden idols or arch enemies? Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco are all long gone and Uncle Joe was…
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What Would Weegee Use Now?
Arthur Felig was a shy and retiring photographer who never intruded himself on the public, and I am Marie of Romania. Weegee was the past master of in-your-face chutzpah photography. Street shooting when there was something nasty on the sidewalk. He was there when they were chalking the body looking for the best angle. I…
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Sorrow Seems To Be The Hardest Word
No, I’m wrong. It’s really ” Adamantine “. Sorry about that. Sad photographers abound. Some of them are so because they cannot take good pictures and some of them because they can. A lot of them are unhappy with the fact that they thought they would be paid stupendously for their art. An even larger…
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