Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I woke up and remembered CBS should have a Web Site with details. Here they are: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/9_11/ I'll be watching tomorrow night at 9:00 pm (EST/PST). Hope to see more of Charles work. Regards, Greg Greg J. Lorenzo wrote: > Hi Charles, > > Do you know at what time the show will be aired or the name of the > program? > > Regards, > > Greg > > charles harris wrote: > >> Last week I was assigned a very cool project. In the US this Sunday >> on CBS >> is a documentary on the Sept 11 events. The sponsor (through their ad >> agency) commissioned about 80 photographers around the country to go >> out and >> shoot public safety people, police officers, rescue teams, >> firefighters, and >> the like. They wanted environmental portraits of the everyday guys. >> Instead >> of showing commercials during the programming, these portraits will be >> shown. I expect there will be some outstanding photos here. >> >> I was assigned two shots in South Carolina; Charleston and rural. I >> ended up >> shooting about a half dozen. If everybody did shoot multiples like I >> did, >> the edit should prove very difficult. Having said that, even though I >> was >> commissioned for two, there is no guarantee of airplay at all. >> Regardless, >> it should be an impressive bunch of shots. >> >> The photographers were given great latitude on this assignment. Aside >> from a >> nearly unreasonable deadline, the only restrictions besides subject >> matter >> were that it crop to horizontal, portray the subjects in non-civilian >> attire, not be an action shot, and be serious in tone. We were >> assigned a >> specific geographic region but were tasked to source the subjects on our >> own, meaning I chose who and where I specifically shot. >> >> It will be interesting to compare what is ultimately selected given >> that we >> all were working with the same guidelines. Anybody else on this list >> involved in this project? >> >> I shot these over the course of 1 1/2 days in Charleston and (the >> area of) >> Aiken SC. All with the Hasselblad. >> >> The posted images here are outtakes. I have not even seen most of the >> film I >> shot. I had to FedEx it back to my studio for processing and it was >> sent out >> that very day. I did a couple of other shots not shown here because, >> for one >> reason or the other, the outtakes were unsuitable for posting. I usually >> make a lot of subtle compositional changes on the fly and work with >> posing >> as I go along, so these shots may not be entirely representational of >> the >> whole lot. One of these shots will not crop well as a horizontal, but >> I shot >> it anyway because I liked it. >> >> I've not yet linked these to my paw site, check back for that. >> >> check out and follow the arrows to the right.... >> >> http://www.charlesharris.com/hero/vfd.html >> >> as always lots of leica shots can be found at >> http://www.charlesharris.com >> >> Any and all comments or questions will be respectfully noted. I urge >> everybody to watch this program not just for the photos, but for the >> content. >> >> I think I'll post this letter twice under two headings for those who >> automatically trash PAW topics. Sorry for the redundancy. >> >> charles >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html