Guest sirvine Posted July 20, 2007 Share #21 Posted July 20, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Some of your comments remind me of the story about the photographer who was fired from his newspaper for "sweetening" the color of a sunset. I never understood the rationale for firing him under those circumstances. I don't remember the specific details, I'm sorry...maybe someone else remembers this. I do remember reading the newspaper's published guidlines and thinking that only the biggest of idiots could have written it. Literally every type of post-processing was a violation. It just had me thinking that any post processing is a potential career-threatening move (at least for photojournalism). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fuerst Posted July 20, 2007 Share #22 Posted July 20, 2007 Actually Sol, it's not stupid at all. Ethical guidelines in photojournalism are necessary and post processing should be kept at the absolute minimum. Nothing can be added, deleted or altered. that's what photojournalism is about. A lot of newspapers have strict rules on what is and what isn't allowed. Basic curve and colour adjustment is acceptable, combining images and moving elements around is not. For example here is the Toronto Star's code of ethics and I think it is perfectly reasonable: TheStar.com - Static - Toronto Star Photo Department Code of Ethics Photojournalism is about a lot more than just pretty and perfect looking pictures. As to what is a pro camera. Any camera I use to pay for my food and a roof above my head is a pro camera. I just negotiated a magazine piece that was entirely shot with a Holga. Would I do that with any other assignment? No. But it worked for this one. There was a great story about Alex Majoli shooting a National Geographic assignment with a point and shoot digital. They looked at prints and that's all they cared about. Rob Galbraith DPI: Alex Majoli points and shoots Instead of wondering whether or not you have pro gear, just use what works for you on a given occasion. Bojan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne_werner Posted July 20, 2007 Share #23 Posted July 20, 2007 FYI, this is the Reuters stance on PP. The use of Photoshop - Reuters Blogs These rules were drawn up after the problems caused by a Lebanese stringer. Regards, Etienne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirvine Posted July 20, 2007 Share #24 Posted July 20, 2007 Bojan, I take your point, and its very valid. When the clone tool comes into play, then we definitely have a problem! I think in that particular case, the insistence on retaining the tone of the sunset (which is itself subject to variation from camera to camera) was a little absurd, as was the very public "punishment". Also, in that case, the newspaper's policy was impossible to comply with. I don't mean to divert this thread, though-- it was just a passing thought... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest localplayer Posted July 20, 2007 Share #25 Posted July 20, 2007 lots of good thoughts....btw, i most of us that post to agencies send up "lightly" photoshop'd images--crop, maybe a touch of sharpen, sized and captioned. mostly they go as jpegs to the majors--so it doesn however, and editorial dept may see something they like and want the raw for their own pre-print process. this has nothing to do with your control of the images---quite frankly once you hand an image over to be printed in a mag you have NO ideal how it is going to come out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuerst Posted July 20, 2007 Share #26 Posted July 20, 2007 Sorry Sol I took it out on you. Yes, it can be carried into silly extremes. Especially given the fact what the production process on newsprint looks like. Once those gorgeous colours get converted into CMYK and hit the newsprint it all looks like mush Let's bring this tread back to it's original topic. I honestly don't think that a photo editor worth his salt will complain about a photo being taken with a Leica (digital, or otherwise)... Cheers Bojan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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