Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is a great shot !!! > Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 13:24:39 -0500> From: lists@mcclary.net> To: > lug@leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Selling gear> > Gary,> > He > came across to me as not totally joking about the guitar thing as he > > said something like "Its not what it used to be".> > To me it is not the > same at all...the news guys here are as likely to > carry a video camera > as a still camera...that aint photojournalism! > Moving pictures do not > count. ;) Seriously...what it takes to tell a > story in one frame of a > still image and what it takes to do so with > video are very different > things and not everyone is good at both.> > This talk made remember old > days doing news/sports and watching TV Last > night when the UT women won > the NCAA title...in 1993 I covered the > womens title game in Atlanta for > UPI when Texas Tech won. In reading > the news story about the UT win > this morning I saw that this young lady:> > > http://www.pbase.com/2plus2/image/32936996> > http://www.pbase.com/2plus2/image/32936861> > Still holds the record for > the most points scored in a NCAA tournament > with 177 points total, she > scored 47 points in the title game alone!> > Those were good times and in > a way I miss those days, but with the > status and shape of news > photography today I'd not go into it again...it > just is not the same.> > > Gary Pinkerton wrote:> > Hi Tina> > At the Brentwood Camera Club > meeting last week, a young photog asked Harry Benson if he had any advice > for the upcoming photojournalists. Mr. Benson replied with something like > "maybe get a guitar". He followed up with a serious reply to start small > [local newspaper] and work your way up if possible.> > Mr. Benson was a > lot of fun, and some great work was shown.> > GaryP> > -- > Harrison > McClary> Harrison McClary Photography> harrison@mcclary.net> > http://www.mcclary.net> ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography> > http://www.imagestocksouth.com> Tobacco Road: Personal Blog:> > http://www.mcclary.net/blog> > > > _______________________________________________> Leica Users Group.> See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information