Well I havent seen the Tribune shots or the Sun times but I think what
you are calling the lack of emotion is a GOOD thing - more objectivity
instead of going for the cheap thrill. Nice angles, intersting
subjects, fine exposures.
Send the link to the tribune shots of one can go to see them without
logging in or paying :-)
xo,
ann
On 5/22/2012 11:09, Christine Aguila wrote:
Thanks, Chris! I've been comparing my shots with the shots with the galleries
on the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times newspaper web sites and have made
some observations.
1) The Tribune photographers have done a far superior job over the Sun-Times
photographers. The Tribune photos have strong emotion from beginning to end,
excellent up close composition, dramatic moments, and a great variety of
shooting angles.
2) The Sun-Times photos appear to me to be much more amateurish and lack the
powerful emotion necessary for great photojournalism. And, of course, my shots
are even more amateurish.
3) Not marching kept me from getting compelling shots. The rally at the
bandshell was a kind of poser moment for everyone, with folks staging to head
out to the real show--or put another way, heading out to *become* the show.
4) It's been interesting to compare shots of the same subject. For example, the "don't trade
on me" shot I took has saturated blacks--and the rendering is a little odd to my eye, and at
first I thought my camera was doing something funky, but when I saw the newspaper photos of
"don't trade on me", the rendering in those shots was very similar--saturated blacks
etc--so it wasn't just me or my camera.
5) It's also been interesting to see similar people show up in the newspaper shots. I
ran into a student I had a year ago at the peace rally, so I took a photo, and she was
also in one of the Tribune shots. And the Tribune also has a shot of the "Grateful
Great Grandma" taking a rest during the march. I photographed the ole gal at the
Nurses Rally on Friday.
6) Photographically this has been a fantastic experience for me--comparing the
professional shots with my own--on the same subject-- has really revealed the
shortcomings in my work--which is the lack of strong emotion.
Still, it was a great day of shooting, practicing my skills, being part of
history, and despite the shortcomings in my photos, I still have a very nice
remembrance of the day. Today I'm going to make some small prints for the
scrap book, as it were.
Cheers, Christine
On May 22, 2012, at 12:40 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote:
Super stuff Christine. As with others, "Don't Trade on me" is a really
good shot.
Chris
On 21 May 2012 02:19, Christine Aguila<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Everyone:
Darrel& I headed down to the Petrillo Band Shell to listen to speakers, and I
have to say, that part was kind of lame. The nurses' rally was so much more
interesting and fun. But today the people watching was great, and everyone was
really, really nice.
The gallery shows Jesse Jackson Sr. giving an interview, a few Canadian
protestors, and a lot of funny signage.
Skirmishes with the police have been reported. The Chicago Tribune has a very
compelling gallery of photos if you're interested.
Darrel and I witnessed no violence, but the truth is we showed up for family
hour, as it were.
Anyway, I'm glad we went to see this historic event. To be sure, I mainly went
as spectator and photographer.
http://www.caguila.com/natoshort
Cheers, Christine/Chicago
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