Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 kyle cassidy on the LUG <leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote: >Some time in ... 1999 or 2000 I photographed an unexpected and somewhat >volatile interchange between two mayoral candidates. Realizing that I had >something special, I dropped the rest of the day, rushed home, processed >the film made a fast print and >called the local paper and was told by the >city desk that they'd already gone to press with a digital image someone >got in an hour before me. I realized that day that film was over in terms >of news photography because the guy with the digital shot was always >going >to get there before you and he'd be off at the next assignment beating you >again while you were developing. It's only going to get faster with >wireless SD cards sending everything back to the mother ship while the >event's going on.... ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= Speed rules my work week, so when photographing for myself, I consider it an exquisite luxury that I can take my own sweet time between exposure, development and viewing. ;~) Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/