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In Reply to: Re: critiique posted by phlogiston on October 04, 2003 at 23:00:43:
if this photo came across my desk, I would use it as is! It shows the political exuberance that is part of a campaign appearance.Often, there are times when deadlines have to be met. If no other shot of this event comes to my attention, this goes to print. NEWS SHOTS are not necessarily works of art! Due to the quick nature of the action ,that has to be caught in a limited amount of time.
I do however, teach much of what you have mentioned. And would agree on what would improve this pic. But for it's newsworthy value that would delude the life out of Toby's photo.
The whole bottom shows people at a table , clapping hands or reaching to touch their candidate.That is our setting. A story without words. The TV cameraman's video light shows that it is a live news moment. The outreaching hands show implied action, no faces needed! Point of interest is definitely the highlighted subject, contrasting the darker subordinate figures.
Could composition an placement improve this? Certainly! Point is - IT WORKS!!!
Follow Ups:
Yes I understand your point of view, I work in colour mags and not in news, but this pic is still too untidy for my eye. But it is good to read your opinion thanks.
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regards rod
We can get ,Fosters over here....I know it has been said but... RULES are to be broken. Don't be so rigid, Know when to break them.
Photography is an art form not an exact science. A picture i.e. works or it doesn't.
However one should get the basics right, with a thorough working knowledge of Composition, harmony , color etc. One way to learn this is viewing thousands of pics from the past masters and/or brilliant contemporaries.
XXXX would not help much.
I am big on composition.
Past masters, present masters all get the basics right in their own ways.
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