>Hi >Always shoot color. Photoshop can get excellent B&W from color slides >and negatives. > >As far as the other part is concerned. There is no dilemma. You are >there to record history. not be a part of it or change it. >I've gotten in trouble for this a few times myself. >Supposedly there are a few exceptions - After you have exhausted every >photo opportunity it might be OK to rescue the baby from the Pit Bull.
That's an old myth, Fred, and much as the entire media establishment strives to maintain it, it's a myth nonetheless. You must be objective, hm? How're you going to manage that? And Heisenberg doesn't apply to journalists, we're not part of what we observe, we stand aloof and play no role in it other than merely to record, a mere conduit, a pipe - what a joke! Journalists make subjective decisions about what to write, what to write about, what not to write about, what's "relevant" and what's not, all the time, they do little else, whether they do it in conformance with media precepts and holy writ or not... and indeed it changes the outcome. Many journalists like the myth because it means no can for them to carry, the buck doesn't stop with them, they think. Many others, especially since we had all this out (again) in the 60s and 70s, are aware that the true role of the Fourth Estate is not served but rather obstructed by the required "objectivity", the journalist-as-pipe approach, and have both developed better ways and practised them, despite usually less than cosy relations with the likes of news editors (the reason about two-thirds of my working career has been as a freelancer). The back cover of Harold Evans's "Pictures on a page" has the headline: "Why is the girl in the centre smiling?" Below that is a photograph of a bunch of people on a beach, worried onlookers surrounding lifesavers and a medic treating a man lying unconscious on the sand, and the girl, kneeling beside him, smiling up at the camera. The caption: "Her fiance lies at death's door after being rescued from the sea. She smiles because she saw a press cameraman and knew her picture was going in the papers. The way photo-journalism changes - as well as reflects - the world we see is one of the themes of this fascinating book." >In Bush's case the best shot has to be as he goes under for the last >time. You'd wait for the "best" shot? >Best Regards >Fred > >On Wednesday, Feb 18, 2004, at 20:14 US/Eastern, Appal Energy wrote: > > > Actually, there is a third answer to this... What is it, Todd? Here's one possible third answer - I'm a lousy swimmer. And a fourth - journalist or not, I wouldn't take pictures of someone drowning, no matter who it was. Yet... as always, it depends... I have a file of most ghoulish and brutal photographs here, from all over the world, used in a 1991 campaign by Amnesty, very effective. "Only one power in the world is strong enough to say to the world's governments 'I will no longer allow this to happen.'... That power is public opinion." Hence perhaps the need to keep it shackled. "The 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: The growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy." -- Alex Carey, Australian social scientist Regards Keith > > ............................ > > > > Moral Dilemma... > > > > > > This test only has one question, but it's a very important one. > > > > > > Please don't answer it without giving it some serious thought. By > > giving an > > honest answer you will be able to ascertain where you stand morally. > > > > > > The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation, where > > you > > will have to make a decision one way or the other. Remember that your > > answer > > should to be honest, yet spontaneous. > > > > > > Please scroll down slowly and consider each line - this is important > > for the > > test to work accurately. > > > > > > You're in Florida. In Miami, to be exact. There is great chaos going > > on > > around you, caused by a hurricane and severe floods. There are huge > > masses > > of water all around you. > > > > > > You are an Associated Press photographer and you are in the middle of > > this > > great disaster. The situation is nearly hopeless. > > > > > > You're trying to shoot very impressive photos. There are houses > > afloat all > > around, people floating disappearing into the water. Nature is showing > > all > > its awesome power. > > > > > > Suddenly you see a man in the water - he is fighting for his life, > > trying > > not to be taken away by the masses of water and mud. You move closer. > > > > > > Somehow the man looks familiar. Suddenly you know who it is - it's > > George W. > > Bush! > > > > > > At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take > > him > > away, forever. > > > > > > You have two options. You can save him or you can take the best photo > > of > > your life. You can't do both. > > > > > > You can either save the life of George W. Bush, or you can shoot a > > Pulitzer > > Prize winning photo, a unique photo chronicling one of the world's most > > powerful men in a battle against the power of nature itself. > > > > > > Here's the question (please give an honest answer): > > > > > > > > Would you select color film, or instead go for the simplicity of > > classic > > black and white? Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
