Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I'd prefer shooting surgeons at work using B&W but they like to have > slides for presentations so I do both...... I've not had one complain > about the color of the slides yet (some art directors might though) ... > they are usually glad when I come by because they know my shots will turn > out. > > Duane Birkey > > Duane - I have found with negative color that, as you noted with slides, the color is off, but quite interesting and also quite acceptable - in fact, I shot the cover photo on the hardcover version of my book, O.R., with Kodak Gold 1000, with no correction what so ever... However, it seems to me there is what amounts to an ethical argument against using flash, floods, or anything else of the sort in the O.R., and that is the distraction factor. I, for one, worry enough about the fact that my very presence in the O.R. changes the work dynamic - to say nothing of my non-sterile equipment. I would hate to have to lose sleep wondering whether my flash, floods, etc., made it that much harder for a surgeon to see and had ANY effect on the outcome of the surgery. Obviously, I'm not talking about taking medical photos while the team steps away from the patient, etc., but rather am talking about doing photo journalism/documentary photos in the O.R. Cheers.. B. D. >