The majority of these pictures never see a news paper. The photographer will often shoot a larger scene knowing it can be cropped later.
I only shoot raw for portraits, and I don't know any press photographer that has ever shot raw, mostly for the reason you mentioned, the file size is very large, and really I've never gotten a benefit from it. I guess a lot of what gets through also depends on the story. Sports photographers will often crop something out; get rid of the guy in center scratching himself. > -----Original Message----- > From: James Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I normally shoot in RAW and that produces even bigger images, what I meant > was it only takes seconds from shooting the image to clicking the send > button, it may well take longer to actually send the data over the > internet. > > Even on my 30D I can attach the canon wi-fi adaptor and have it instantly > transmit new images to a laptop (for example) as soon as it is taken so > seconds from there to the send button is not unrealistic. > > I think you will find that for the most part crops ARE discouraged and > even > disqualified by some media outlets, they work on the principal that if you > don't want something in the shot you should recompose. An editor may crop > an image to make it fit a certain number of column-inches but the > photographer almost never should. > > -- > Jay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212788 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
