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Comment by CWyatt posted on Dream: recent wanderings at 09/11/2010 - 03:06
Images from the last week in Wellington, New Zealand, plus one newly edit image from Vietnam.
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Comment by CWyatt posted on Dream: recent wanderings at 09/11/2010 - 03:04
Apologies if this has been brought up before, I couldn't find where it had as such, although this 'news' is from February.
For those unfamiliar, World Press Photo is one of the biggest international photojournalism competitions/showcases, and has an exhibition which tours the world on a huge scale.
Recently it came through my city, and I always head to it a few times. As usual, I liked and disliked some images, and was blown away by the quality of some. One I never really 'got' was the winner.
A friend recently directed me to the comments attached to the New York Times article (with images) here: Showcase: The Best in the World - NYTimes.com
Which include statements like this:
The World Press Photo of the Year is stunning for its lack of content or any other journalistic values. The jury’s selection is yet another setback for a profession that is already in deep trouble. If that was the best of the best, they should have made no selection at all, and I’m hoping next year will bring a more professional group of jurors.
“The photo shows the beginning of something, the beginning of a huge story,” jury chair Ayperi Karabuda Ecer said of the photo. Right. Well how about showing pictures of the story itself, and there were plenty of powerful images from the Iranian protests, if that was what they wanted to show.
A fellow photographer said it was like seeing a photo of Paul Revere putting on his shoes before his midnight ride. There are those of us who still want to see the ride, not the”haunting and eerily prescient” prelude.
The guy who wrote that is David Hume Kennerly, a Vietnam war photographer and Pulitzer-prize winning photojournalist.
Another comment which caught my eye was this:
David Kennerly and Derek Hudson express well my astonishment (and I am a former magazine photo editor) of this choice for WPP Photo of the Year. Words are for expressing what already happened, might happen, could have happened. Photography is for expressing that 1/8th, 1/500th of a second slice of time in the form of a unique, powerful, dramatic, arresting “moment” that, informs the reader–when it works its unique magic– in a way that words can rarely duplicate. A picture is supposed to be worth a thousand words, not need a thousand words to supplement what it does not say. This choice disappoints completely.
I have no problem with photos that 'break the mold' if you will, images which are not standard photojournalism fare. But at the same time, photojournalists and editors one the whole want images that get the reader/viewers attention, that tell a story, that say something words can't. For me, this shot doesn't do that. I agree it needs so much context added with text, that it seems to lose the point of being a photojournalism image at all. Other issues include that the focus, the people, are so small it would be even less effective in print. One thing to point out is that this image was entered as part of a series, the jurors plucked it out as the photo of the year.
Interested in what others thought.
For those unfamiliar, World Press Photo is one of the biggest international photojournalism competitions/showcases, and has an exhibition which tours the world on a huge scale.
Recently it came through my city, and I always head to it a few times. As usual, I liked and disliked some images, and was blown away by the quality of some. One I never really 'got' was the winner.
A friend recently directed me to the comments attached to the New York Times article (with images) here: Showcase: The Best in the World - NYTimes.com
Which include statements like this:
The World Press Photo of the Year is stunning for its lack of content or any other journalistic values. The jury’s selection is yet another setback for a profession that is already in deep trouble. If that was the best of the best, they should have made no selection at all, and I’m hoping next year will bring a more professional group of jurors.
“The photo shows the beginning of something, the beginning of a huge story,” jury chair Ayperi Karabuda Ecer said of the photo. Right. Well how about showing pictures of the story itself, and there were plenty of powerful images from the Iranian protests, if that was what they wanted to show.
A fellow photographer said it was like seeing a photo of Paul Revere putting on his shoes before his midnight ride. There are those of us who still want to see the ride, not the”haunting and eerily prescient” prelude.
The guy who wrote that is David Hume Kennerly, a Vietnam war photographer and Pulitzer-prize winning photojournalist.
Another comment which caught my eye was this:
David Kennerly and Derek Hudson express well my astonishment (and I am a former magazine photo editor) of this choice for WPP Photo of the Year. Words are for expressing what already happened, might happen, could have happened. Photography is for expressing that 1/8th, 1/500th of a second slice of time in the form of a unique, powerful, dramatic, arresting “moment” that, informs the reader–when it works its unique magic– in a way that words can rarely duplicate. A picture is supposed to be worth a thousand words, not need a thousand words to supplement what it does not say. This choice disappoints completely.
I have no problem with photos that 'break the mold' if you will, images which are not standard photojournalism fare. But at the same time, photojournalists and editors one the whole want images that get the reader/viewers attention, that tell a story, that say something words can't. For me, this shot doesn't do that. I agree it needs so much context added with text, that it seems to lose the point of being a photojournalism image at all. Other issues include that the focus, the people, are so small it would be even less effective in print. One thing to point out is that this image was entered as part of a series, the jurors plucked it out as the photo of the year.
Interested in what others thought.
Comment by CWyatt posted on World Press Photo winner disagreements at 02/11/2010 - 23:31
In almost every picture #7 tells the story of a Dutch woman whose life is seen from the point of view of a fairground shooting gallery.
The chronological series begins in 1936, when a 16-year-old girl from Tilburg in Holland picks up a gun and shoots at the target in a shooting gallery. Every time she hits the target, it triggers the shutter of a camera and a portrait of the girl in firing pose is taken and given as a prize.
And so a lifelong love affair with the shooting gallery begins. This series documents almost every year of the woman's life (there is a conspicuous pause from 1939 to 1945) up until present times.
At the age of 88 Ria van Dijk still makes her pilgrimage to the Shooting Gallery.
In almost every picture #7 is a biography of one woman's life from an unusual perspective, one which allows us to witness the times she lived in, as well as acting as a revealing look at the changing face of photography through the decades.
http://www.lensculture.com/kessels.html?thisPic=100
The chronological series begins in 1936, when a 16-year-old girl from Tilburg in Holland picks up a gun and shoots at the target in a shooting gallery. Every time she hits the target, it triggers the shutter of a camera and a portrait of the girl in firing pose is taken and given as a prize.
And so a lifelong love affair with the shooting gallery begins. This series documents almost every year of the woman's life (there is a conspicuous pause from 1939 to 1945) up until present times.
At the age of 88 Ria van Dijk still makes her pilgrimage to the Shooting Gallery.
In almost every picture #7 is a biography of one woman's life from an unusual perspective, one which allows us to witness the times she lived in, as well as acting as a revealing look at the changing face of photography through the decades.
http://www.lensculture.com/kessels.html?thisPic=100
Comment by CWyatt posted on A life at the fairground at 12/10/2010 - 03:07
This was in April I think.
Comment by CWyatt posted on look who got noticed at 26/09/2010 - 03:12
Yes I think it's just a straight jpeg conversion form the RAW with no changes (not being able to view RAW and all)
Comment by CWyatt posted on Pentax K-5 high ISO examples from photokina at 26/09/2010 - 00:43
Pentax K-5 high ISO examples from photokina:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/115793-k-5-645d-photos.htm...#post1197276
Hopefully this is OK to have these photos all max-res and in this post, as it is of real interest to many.
(not my photos)
You can look at the thread or here are a few highlights.
ISO 800 (I think in-camera jpeg with some amount of camera NR):
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ISO 1600 (I think in-camera jpeg with some amount of camera NR):
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ISO 3200 (I think in-camera jpeg with some amount of camera NR):
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ISO 12800 (I think in-camera jpeg with some amount of camera NR):
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ISO 51200 (I think in-camera jpeg with some amount of camera NR):
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RAW (DNG) ISO 51200:
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http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/115793-k-5-645d-photos.htm...#post1197276
Hopefully this is OK to have these photos all max-res and in this post, as it is of real interest to many.
(not my photos)
You can look at the thread or here are a few highlights.
ISO 800 (I think in-camera jpeg with some amount of camera NR):
[IMG]http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz194/Camus1986/K-5/ISO800.jpg[/IMG]
ISO 1600 (I think in-camera jpeg with some amount of camera NR):
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ISO 3200 (I think in-camera jpeg with some amount of camera NR):
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ISO 12800 (I think in-camera jpeg with some amount of camera NR):
[IMG]http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz194/Camus1986/K-5/ISO12800.jpg[/IMG]
ISO 51200 (I think in-camera jpeg with some amount of camera NR):
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RAW (DNG) ISO 51200:
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Comment by CWyatt posted on Pentax K-5 high ISO examples from photokina at 26/09/2010 - 00:21
Hmm thanks for the comment on the foyer shot - may re-shoot.
cardiff_gareth wrote:
I don'y think i'd be so brave taking some of these pic's, did anyone say anything to you when you took them :
You'd be surprised - VERY few people will say anything to me while I'm street shooting. I don't engage and prefer candids over posed. With some practice it gets a lot easier - but I don't impose on people.I don'y think i'd be so brave taking some of these pic's, did anyone say anything to you when you took them :
Comment by CWyatt posted on The last few weeks in New Zealand at 22/09/2010 - 20:01
Twenty-two photos here from the last little while around the North Island of New Zealand. Some may make the cut, most will end up in the B-sides folder. But an interesting group on images from the last 2-3 weeks.
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Sikh, Auckland
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Afternoon light, Auckland
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Foyer, Auckland
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Storm, Wairarapa 1
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Storm, Wairarapa 2
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Afternoon drive, Wairarapa 1
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Afternoon drive, Wairarapa 2
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Cabbage tree, Wairarapa
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Man inhaling paint fumes, Wellington
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Couple, Wellington
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On Buller Street, Wellington
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Eyes wide shut, Wellington
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Flight, Wellington
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Flight, Wellington
Comment by CWyatt posted on The last few weeks in New Zealand at 22/09/2010 - 05:20
Pentax needs a real fast standard, other than the great (but expensive) older FA 31mm f/1.8.
But top of my list is a weather-sealed moderate wide, ideally 24mm f/1.8 WR. A great street lens for, in my opinion, the best street DSLR yet made - K7.
But top of my list is a weather-sealed moderate wide, ideally 24mm f/1.8 WR. A great street lens for, in my opinion, the best street DSLR yet made - K7.
Comment by CWyatt posted on What primes would we like to see? at 15/09/2010 - 03:35
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