Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think that's probably an inevitable fear at any time. I remember being terrified and mystified at the color darkroom experience. wanted nothing to do with it. But the changing dynamics of who has what today made me run to Twitter last night before anything else looking for video of the Brooklyn tornado, figuring the crowd source would come up with it before the major news media outlets (and it looks like the news media got hoodwinked.) In the days where nearly everyone has a video camera with the, and they've taken Slobodon's photography course there are opportunities in news gathering that didn't exist before video. Not all of this is good, but the cat's out of the bag and we need to figure out how to deal with it. And by "we" I'm meaning the loose "we" of the lug who I consider to some extent old news people, or at the very least, people who understand what Walter Cronkite did.... kc On Sep 17, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > I'm so glad I'm not starting out today. I would have to learn video, too, > and I have absolutely no interest in video. The old days are still great > if > you stick with old cameras and still photos! > > Tina > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 1:02 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Along these lines in Canada, news photographers working for a newspapers >> on >> staff or freelancers wishing to shoot for the paper or news service must >> have cameras .... their everyday gear, capable of shooting video and >> stills.... "OR you don't have a job!"