last update 17 January 2002 at 10:15 pm
1. The Herald Journal relies solely on digital photography.
2. The image is more important than the resolution to a newspaper photographer.
3. A digital camera provides 1 1/2 times the amplification of a normal lens
(good for a telephoto, bad for a wide-angle.)
4. A newspaper photographer can't have plans of a preconceived final image,
he has to take what he can get due to the circumstances.
5. All the Herald-Journal's archiving is done on CD now.
6. The Newspaper owns the image the photographer takes.
7. A photojournalist's job is more dangerous now.
8. Thanks to digital manipulation, filters are unimportant on a digital camera.
9. A Canon EOS 1 makes a great doorstop.
10. The different types of shots for a newspaper (action, illustration, feature,
etc.)
1. News papers only use
digital cameras now.
2. Sometimes when you think that you've had a good shot it does not always turn
out the way you thought it would.
3. Sometimes you just have to shoot and hope for the best.
4. In newspaper photography the quality or sharpness of a picture does not matter
a huge amount.
5. People do not need a degree in something to be good at it.
6. Set up pictures can be extremely interesting.
7. In black and white film you can push process up to 6400.
8. Newspaper photography is very time consuming and not necessarily a very lucrative
field of work.
9. That a 400 mm lens with a large maximum aperture is huge.
10. Even though you can do amazing things with digital photography, many people
still enjoy working with their own film in the dark room.
1. Most newspapers run on digital photography.
2. A 400mm lens looks extremely different with a larger aperture than that of a small aperture.
3. The use of a 1.4 converter is used often in his line of work.
4. The "disk film" digital photographers use are much more compact and can hold more images than that of a roll film.
5. You can meet many celebrities and receive good perks (i.e. concert tickets) being a member of the press.
6. A judge can be extremely demanding with many pertinent rules to follow in his/her courtroom.
7. A photo may not necessarily be fantastic yet still published in a national magazine such as Time.
8. Alot of time may go by without possibly taking no pictures at all, and being in the right place at the right time is a large part of photography.
9. It is not necessary to go to college for news photography.
10. It is very important to be happy in your career!
1. When doing digital photography, as opposed to using film, you lose width (i.e. angle of view of lenses designed for 35 mm cameras when attached to digital camera bodies).
2. Digital photography allows for 1 1/2 x more amplification than film photography.
3. You have to be able to stomach scenes that can be grotesque if you want to go into news photography, because you don't usually know exactly what you will be photographing.
4. You don't have to necessarily like your job (although it would be ideal to do something you like).
5. Having a college degreee helps you to rise more quickly in stature in most fields of work.
6. News photographers do not have set hours and are always on call.
7. The newspaper you work for has the rights to your photographs, not you.
8. The Spartanburg Herald Journal has all sorts of darkroom equipment that they should donate to Wofford instead of throwing away.
9. The typical news photographer is a white male.
10. I do not want to be a newpaper photographer.
1) not all photographers think their job is great which means that photography is a JOB not a hobby
2) women and minorities have a better chance of getting hired as photographers than men
3) he suggested working for a magazine instead of a newspaper-more pubilcity
4) you must ask people for consent in order to publish their picture in th paper or other periodicals
5) some of his pictures were pure luck
6) digital cameras are replacing film
7) turnover for photographical jobs is thin
8) just because a person visualizes and wants a certain picture does not necessarily mean they will get it ----police, fire department, and citizens with guns may prohibit the picture
9) photography is not entirely glamourous ----swing shifts ----seeing grief and agony
10) being a photographer is not good for personal life-it is better to be single in this career ----family life suffers
11) just like Jesus, Mike Bonner also lacks in a degree so schooling does not necessarrily make one an expert in a certain field of knowledge
1. News photography is not glamerous and does not pay well.
2. The newspaper industry is heading almost completely towards digital
images.
3. You don't need a degree to be a good photographer.
4. An extender can be added to a lens to increase the focal length.
5. A photographer should always be considerate of who he is photographing.
6. When you use a digital camera you lose some of your wide angle but
increase telescopic.
7. Black and white film can be push processed to 6400.
8. Images converted to newspaper lose a lot of their crispness.
9. Being a newspaper photographer requires flexible hours and a strong
stomach.
10. The image on the back of a digital picture can often be deceiving. You
may think that you have a good picture, but it may not turn out how you want
it.
1. News photography is
not glamerous and does not pay well.
2. Be considerate of who you are trying to photograph.
3. You don't need a degree to be a good photographer.
4. A lot of photography is luck.
5. If photography is your job, your creativity can be limited.
6. Digital photography is where photography is heading.
7. Take many shots from different angles.
8. People are not always willing to be photographed.
9. News photography is looking for females and minorities.
10. Black and white photography can be push processed much more than color.
1. That the Herald Journal
is solely digital now.
2. That you cannot go in with a pre-conceived picture when taking it for the
newspaper.
3. Everyone who is in photography doesn't love it or find it fun.
4. That the digital camera converts the lens about 1 ½ times, which for
far off shots is good but wide angels this would be bad.
5. That now for a white male it is hard to get started in newspaper photography.
6. That it is better to get a job with a magazine rather than a newspaper.
7. That you no longer need filters with the digital imaging that we have now.
8. That you can have a lot of fun in the dark room and it is more fun that using
digital images.
9. You can make crazy pictures and not have a digital camera.
10. That I don't want photography for me to be like it is with Mike Bonner,
I love it and always want it to be that way.
Not all photographers like to photograph as a hobby.
Newspaper photographers aren't high paid.
Herald Journal has the biggest film lab in the state.
Digital photography has advantages and disadvantages.
I learned what extenders are capable of.
The technology in photography is advancing everyday.
Lab tops are now used as an essential tool in digital photography.
Newspaper photography isn't always fun.
I learned that some photographs can be sold for large amounts of money.
The point was proven that you don't always have to have a degree in something to be good at it.
1. Photo journalism is
going digital, if not already there.
2. Photo journalism can get you killed.
3. In newspaper photography fast is more important than image quality.
4. Dark rooms in newspaper photography are obsolete.
5. The newspaper photographer has no rights to the pictures he takes,
rather the paper has them.
6. There aren't big bucks in newspaper photography.
7. Newspaper photographers only have a limited time to shoot events
(concerts, etc.).
8. The judge must sign a release for anyone to visually record events
in a courtroom.
9. Newspaper photographers have no set hours.
10. One does not need to receive formal training in photography to
become good at it.
1. Using digital photography
has become very popular.
2. An advantage of digital photography is that it multiplies the
magnification of a lense by 1 1/2 times.
3. A disadvantage of digital photography is that a regular 17-35 mm lense
is like a 20 mm lense. In other words, you loose the wide angle.
4. Another disadvantage of digital photography is that it is very easy to
manipulate the pictures.
5. Still another disadvantage of digital photography is that digital
cameras are very expensive to fix.
6. The actual image is more important than the actual quality of the image.
7. Digital cameras do not use film, rather they use a small card that holds
the same amount of images as 4 roles of film.
8. Newspaper photographers are not allowed to set up a picture.
9. Newspaper photographers keep all of their images on CD's.
10. Newspaper photographers have contests to see which picture goes in
which section of the paper.
1. The amplification of a digital lens is about
1.5 times larger than a regular camera.
2. News photographers do not manipulate their photos.
3. The Herald-Journal is now completely digital.
4. News photographers cannot have preconceived image of the photograph that
they want to take.
5. News photographers cannot ask people to pose for their photos.
6. Digital images are developed on the computer.
7. These images can be transferred through the phone lines.
8. The life of news photographers is not glamorous.
9. When getting into the business of newspaper photography, you must start at
the bottom.
10. The photographers must get the consent of the person being photographed
in order to put them in the newspaper.
1. Digital photography is becoming
very popular in newspaper photography.
2. There are advantages and disadvantages to digital photography, but with the
right kind of equipment, digital is better.
3. It is important to pay attention to the legal aspect of what you
photograph.
4. When you are a newspaper photographer, you work long hours at little pay.
5. As a photographer, many people offer jobs on the side such as weddings and
other family get-to-gethers.
6. With digital cameras, there is no longer a use for film.
7. Newspaper photography is not as much about sharply focused pictures as
getting subjects in the picture.
8. As a newspaper photographer you have the chance to meet a lot of famous
people.
9. It is easier for a woman or minority to get a job than a male.
10. You have the chance to get your pictures published in magazines like Time
and Newsweek.
From Gordon Lay
Mr. Bonner explained news photographers face many dangers such as: they are often close to the scene of a crime placing them in harms way. There are cases where news photographers have been shot at, threatened to be arrested by police, and have been placed in jail for angering a judge in court. As put by Mr. Bonner, “people are crazy these days.”
The switch to digital cameras at his newspaper occurred almost overnight according to Mr. Bonner. Mainly due to the ease of processing film and the amount of time saved.
You do not have to study photography in college to become a professional photographer as Mr. Bonner is evidence. News photographers have long hours and in reality are always on call. He gave examples of having to go to car wrecks or fires at 3 or later in the morning.
With the shift in technology photographers do not have to be back as early to develop their film. It is even possible to use a cell phone and send your images back to the paper without ever returning in person. With this technology photographers can stay and shoot longer at late night events not having to worry about development time.
News photography is not as glamorous of a job as it might seem. He spoke of having to sleep in a car during the Susan Smith trial.
You do not have to have a huge ego even if you shoot the cover of Time.
Also not everyone is lucky enough to get a job they love going to everyday.
Photographers cannot just go out and take pictures of little kids like they once could. Permission should be asked for and is sometimes denied. However, years ago you could go and take pictures of little kids and no one would think anything of it, times have changed.(Nothing much they can say either)
Technology is changing everyday and he believes that in a few years news photographers will no longer be using cameras, but will be using video cameras instead. As proof Herald~Journal is presently trying to get their photographers to shoot with both digital cameras and video cameras.
One card of digital film is equivalent to about four roles of regular film, giving the opportunity to shoot more without having to stop and change roles of film.
From Jennifer Vaughn (submitted 21 January 2002, 4 days late)
1. Previsualized shots cannot be relied upon when shooting at the scene of action.
2. Permission is required by guardians of children who are bing photgraphed for public use.
3. Photography is still changing and improving everday.
4. Most newspapers today are using all digital equipment.
5. Most creativety and imaginative images are lost due to required images the newspaper expects from their photographers.
6. Features are photgrpahs taken for competition and for features in the newspaper.
7. Their film discs are stored on compact discs to keep on file for future use of the same images.
8. Lab tops are used to choose images to print and are easy to carry, making them practical to use on-site where they soot pictures.
9. Advances in photography makes it easier to reach deadlines and take more images without the waste of film and money.
10. Clarity is lost in the images taken from digital
cameras, verses the 50mm cameras.