Thanks John. It wouldn’t have mattered what car I chose to shoot for the article. Todd Kraemer is the art director, and I’ve been told he was determined to get his car pics in the article. His boss was out of the office the day the article went live, and she was loathe to change it once it had been seen and commented on. It’s all okay. Just one little article.
My ’55 BelAir has been used in a number of articles, so we didn’t want to use it again. And since it’s December, almost all the classics around here are in storage. The editor chose the Escalade, although pickings were admittedly slim, due to model year changeover for the car companies and the deletion of high-performance cars from press fleets for the winter. (The car companies strive to keep us alive.) In the end, it doesn’t matter much, but it’s a wasted opportunity in terms of providing examples. > On Dec 11, 2015, at 11:27 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > There's no question Paul's photos better illustrate the principles he > explains in his article, but they instead chose photos of a classic > T-Bird to illustrate it. > > Hagerty appears to be a classic car magazine offshoot of a classic car > insurance company. I think the choice has more to do with the car's > vintage than with it being the art director choosing his own photographs. > > Except for the "reflection in the hubcap" photo, I don't think you can > be absolutely sure all the photos were shot with a cell phone. > Particularly since the wheels were changed in some of the photos. For > some photos it has the moon hubcaps & fender skirts. In others it has a > polished steel or chromed racing wheel without the fender skirts. > > All of the photos are captioned "Todd Kraemer's 62 Ford Thunderbird", > while only two of them include the additional caption "(Photo(s) by Todd > Kraemer)". > > Paul, don't you have a 57 Chevy convertible? > > I'm willing to bet that if you had photographed that vehicle for the > article they wouldn't have used someone else's photos of the T-Bird. > > > On 12/10/2015 2:30 PM, Yolanda Rowe wrote: >> Sorry, Paul! Damned auto-correct adds insult to the indignity of the >> art director's stunt. Your photos were exactly the thing to accompany >> the text. >> >> The art director needs to study the comment made by the gentleman from >> Bozrah, CT. >> >> Yeah, you were paid, but that would annoy the crap out of me, too. >> >> Yonnie >> >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Not this sort of crisp. This sort of crap. Damn autocorrect. >>> >>> Paul via phone >>> >>>> On Dec 9, 2015, at 10:30 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks Jack, >>>> I'm merely annoyed. I'm payed regardless. This sort of crisp is a regular >>>> part of being a journalist, so it's water off the duck's back. >>>> >>>> Paul via phone >>>> >>>>> On Dec 9, 2015, at 10:19 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I can't claim a parallel experience, >>>>> but, I completely appreciate your >>>>> reaction. >>>>> I can truthfully say I'm sorry it's >>>>> happened. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 9, 2015, at 5:51 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks Ken. But this episode has me seeing red. GM’s car wranglers >>>>>> jumped through hoops to get me a vehicle for this article. I spent hours >>>>>> shooting it and quite a bit of time Photoshopping the results. Then, >>>>>> Hagerty’s art director decided to use his own photos. I’m pissed, and I >>>>>> told them so. The art director’s pics aren’t horrible, but they violate >>>>>> a lot of the principals mentioned in the article. The gas pump >>>>>> intersecting the front fender is unreal. I would find it amusing, if I >>>>>> wasn’t so annoyed. Here are the photos I shot for the article. Not >>>>>> great, but a good illustration I thought. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1086338 >>>>>> >>>>>> Paul >>>>>>> On Dec 9, 2015, at 7:19 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cellphone car photo tips from a pro. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/htvku33 >>>>>>> Way to go Paul. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kenneth Waller >>>>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>>>> follow the directions. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>>> follow the directions. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
