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With all the threads on different elements of photography, i was thinking about what you'd take photographs of?
Extreme examples, but could you take photos of people in distress or pain etc. Photos that could look amazing but that could make you look thoughtless/be controversial photos.
Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan shots a young man, whom he suspects to be a Viet Kong soldier. Supposedly the bullet had just been fired when the photo was taken...
http://vinpon.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/windowslivewritersomeofthemostpowerfulimagesfromar oundthe-1266a000795-windowslivewritersomeofthemos2.jpg
Sniper shots hit James Meredith at the University of Mississipi...
http://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/meredith-jpg.jpeg
These are both Pulitzer Prize winners. Admittedly, most of us would never be in these situations, but could you stay cool and take a photo in situations like these. :rolleyes:
...Or would you feel compelled to help/be too shocked to photograph.
Spiderman
23-12-09, 01:20 AM
If you dedicate your working life to being a photojournalist, something i set out to do when i finished my A levels in the art, then you do put yourself in those places and know that you never, ever leave the house without at least 2 cameras.
You also know that like a wildlife cameraman who is filming lions on the hunt, you are there only to document and record for others to see what you saw and they would not see otherwise.
With the massive explosion of digital cameras and mobile phone cameras tho it means that this type of work is being largely lost and replaced with bad quality snaps, and by bad quality i dont mean just low pixel rates but badly composed and badly timed shots.
Yeah, i try not to leave the flat without a camera on me.
Never know what i might come across during everyday life.
Spiderman
23-12-09, 01:26 AM
back in the day when i used to shoot on film...remember those days, lol... i had to carry to cameras with me. 1 had colour film in it and the other very high speed black and white film to get a nice grainy effect.
Its good to carry a camera and be ready to use it ... just dont come to london and try it tho or they'll wanna arrest you for being a terrorist. :roll:
Sid Squid
23-12-09, 10:20 AM
just dont come to london and try it tho or they'll wanna arrest you for being a terrorist. :roll:
http://photographernotaterrorist.org/
the_lone_wolf
23-12-09, 10:30 AM
Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan shots a young man, whom he suspects to be a Viet Kong soldier. Supposedly the bullet had just been fired when the photo was taken...
http://vinpon.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/windowslivewritersomeofthemostpowerfulimagesfromar oundthe-1266a000795-windowslivewritersomeofthemos2.jpg
If the weapon had just fired you would either see the gasses blowing out the barrel or the victim would be missing most of the LHS of his face
Very strong pictures, there was an articler a while ago about the photographs that changed history
Lots of emotive photos in there, like the Vietnamese girl running away from the napalm, the man standing in front of a tank in Tienanmen square and the monk who set himself on fire
Filipe M.
23-12-09, 11:12 AM
Yeah, i try not to leave the flat without a camera on me.
Never know what i might come across during everyday life.
My thoughts exactly, as Jay Maisel puts it, it's kind of hard to take pictures without a camera.
back in the day when i used to shoot on film...remember those days, lol... i had to carry to cameras with me. 1 had colour film in it and the other very high speed black and white film to get a nice grainy effect.
I'm still using film for some stuff! It's the cheapest way of getting a so-called full frame camera :lol:
Its good to carry a camera and be ready to use it ... just dont come to london and try it tho or they'll wanna arrest you for being a terrorist. :roll:
And don't shoot kids in the local park, or you'll be done for paedophilia...
Alpinestarhero
23-12-09, 11:30 AM
I like to take photos which capture something happening, that say something about a particular episode in time. However, I am thoughtfull...at the brands trackday back in june, sid squid didn't want me photographing him after he was taken out, fair enough, I put the camera down. Some people dont mind though, and I try and take photo's which are sympathetic to their plight (not really possible I suppose!)
I try to take my camera with me whenever I go out, but there have been los of things I've missed - I might get a small compact camera to carry around all the time, easier than having the SLR on me
photographs are great, and the ones captured in the heat of the moment are often the most powerfull. I like the arty things people do with their camera's, but often they are quite planned and they dont offer much insight into life
>>SNIP<< and the monk who set himself on fire
Ḥa thượng Thích Quảng Đức
Is his name. Not sure how you pronounce it though, he was the Mahayana Buddhist monk who set himself alight on the roadside.
A very grim photo indeed!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2314/2537444822_4b6261b5d4.jpg
Filipe M.
23-12-09, 11:43 AM
Ḥa thượng Thích Quảng Đức
Is his name. Not sure how you pronounce it though, he was the Mahayana Buddhist monk who set himself alight on the roadside.
A very grim photo indeed!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2314/2537444822_4b6261b5d4.jpg
LOL :lol:
i used to do motorsport not F1 though and loved it. IP has done portraiture and glamour and helped with motorsport too. All done on film. Digital time lag annoyed me so all but given up esp when you can get into the processors these days as they want everything on CD. Nothing like a good large B&W photo hangining on th wall
Littlepeahead
23-12-09, 07:44 PM
It's very childish, but this summer we had a little competition among the cricket photographers during the Ashes to see who could get the best picture of Ricky Ponting in front of the Cockspur Rum ad boards. It stops them getting bored and the results were quite funny. This one made it into the Telegraph.
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=509&pictureid=3825
Spiderman
23-12-09, 07:59 PM
http://photographernotaterrorist.org/ Yes, great website. Noticed you joined their fb page the other day too.
I would....but being a terrorist i would do nothing to aid their cause really would i :lol:
If the weapon had just fired you would either see the gasses blowing out the barrel or the victim would be missing most of the LHS of his face
if you hunt for it you will find that there was also a videographer filming this same incident and this image it taken almosy exactly as the gun was fired. Its only a .38 revolver so the gas discharge was not as much as you'd imagine. Also the contrast in the pic does not pick it up well. The guy does indeed drop to the ground instantly after, none of his head "blows out" as you would imagine tho (its not like in the movies all the time). You can see from the reaction of the soldier to the left of frame who was not expecting him to fire that he just has.
Even if i find the vid i'm not gonna post it here as its quite disturbing, of course.
Milky Bar Kid
23-12-09, 08:04 PM
Yes, great website. Noticed you joined their fb page the other day too.
I would....but being a terrorist i would do nothing to aid their cause really would i :lol:
if you hunt for it you will find that there was also a videographer filming this same incident and this image it taken almosy exactly as the gun was fired. Its only a .38 revolver so the gas discharge was not as much as you'd imagine. Also the contrats in the pic does not pick it up well. The guy does indeed drop to the ground instanly after, none of his head "blows out" as you would imagine tho (its not like in the movies all the time). You can see from the reaction of the soldier to the left of frame who was not expecting him to fire that he just has.
Even if i find the vid i'm not gonna post it here as its quite disturbing, of course.
Yeh, depending on the split second that the shot is taken then it may be that the bullet has not had time to exit, hence the lack of facial injury.
It certainly looks as if some sort of force is hitting his face the way the side closest to the gun looks all kind of distorted. Quite a haunting picture actually.
Bluefish
23-12-09, 10:09 PM
Yes, great website. Noticed you joined their fb page the other day too.
I would....but being a terrorist i would do nothing to aid their cause really would i :lol:
if you hunt for it you will find that there was also a videographer filming this same incident and this image it taken almosy exactly as the gun was fired. Its only a .38 revolver so the gas discharge was not as much as you'd imagine. Also the contrast in the pic does not pick it up well. The guy does indeed drop to the ground instantly after, none of his head "blows out" as you would imagine tho (its not like in the movies all the time). You can see from the reaction of the soldier to the left of frame who was not expecting him to fire that he just has.
Even if i find the vid i'm not gonna post it here as its quite disturbing, of course.
you can tell it has just fired as well by the position of the pistol, the recoil has lifted it up, either that or he is crap at pointing guns.
In two minds on this. I find the images repulsive, I don't really want to gawk at murder. But equally the pics simply report what was happening and so deserve to be published. I spose that we can't hide from reality, although I prefer not to look at pix of cold blooded murder.
the_lone_wolf
23-12-09, 11:03 PM
if you hunt for it you will find that there was also a videographer filming this same incident and this image it taken almosy exactly as the gun was fired.
Almost...
This is a much higher resolution copy of the same photo:
http://www.executedtoday.com/images/Nguyen_Van_Lem_big.jpg
Gun hasn't been fired
http://www.antigeist.com/2005/mortimer/archives/csi-miami-horatio-caine-su.jpg
Filipe M.
23-12-09, 11:03 PM
It's very childish, but this summer we had a little competition among the cricket photographers during the Ashes to see who could get the best picture of Ricky Ponting in front of the Cockspur Rum ad boards. It stops them getting bored and the results were quite funny. This one made it into the Telegraph.
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=509&pictureid=3825
That is a brilliant shot, I just love how the bokeh makes it look like the red letters are glowing neon! :lol:
rick0361
23-12-09, 11:08 PM
My favourite photo site
http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.AgencyHome_VPage&pid=2K7O3R1VX08V
Some of the best photos in the world in the archives
I would love to be a war photographer...
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