Comments on: Oh I wouldn’t want to be a photojournalist http://photography.darkervision.com/blog/2007/04/16/oh-i-wouldnt-want-to-be-a-photojournalist/ A Darker Vision's Photography blog Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:20:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: photographyVoter.com http://photography.darkervision.com/blog/2007/04/16/oh-i-wouldnt-want-to-be-a-photojournalist/#comment-1239 photographyVoter.com Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:38:59 +0000 http://photography.darkervision.com/blog/2007/04/16/oh-i-wouldnt-want-to-be-a-photojournalist/#comment-1239 <strong>Oh I wouldn’t want to be a photojournalist...</strong> Photojournalists and editing of their images.... Oh I wouldn’t want to be a photojournalist…

Photojournalists and editing of their images….

]]> By: Coolmac http://photography.darkervision.com/blog/2007/04/16/oh-i-wouldnt-want-to-be-a-photojournalist/#comment-1238 Coolmac Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:40:05 +0000 http://photography.darkervision.com/blog/2007/04/16/oh-i-wouldnt-want-to-be-a-photojournalist/#comment-1238 I'm sorry Eddie, but did you even read my post, or were you too busy trolling through the history finding old posts to insult me about? I very clearly state that if we allow some editing to get by, the honesty of photo journalism would be destroyed. I did not say it WAS harsh, I said it might SEEM harsh; and to many people out there is does, so it was a valid comment. And saying I wouldn't want to be a photojournalist is a perfect title, since <b>I</b> wouldn't want to be one. When I take photos, I enjoy editing them, and as stated in the post, often do so without even thinking about it. If I started submitting things to a newspaper, I'd probably manage to run afoul of the editors quite quickly. Also, unlike many people, just because I realise that <b>I</b> wouldn't want to do something, doesn't mean I don't think others shouldn't either. I’m sorry Eddie, but did you even read my post, or were you too busy trolling through the history finding old posts to insult me about?

I very clearly state that if we allow some editing to get by, the honesty of photo journalism would be destroyed. I did not say it WAS harsh, I said it might SEEM harsh; and to many people out there is does, so it was a valid comment.

And saying I wouldn’t want to be a photojournalist is a perfect title, since I wouldn’t want to be one. When I take photos, I enjoy editing them, and as stated in the post, often do so without even thinking about it. If I started submitting things to a newspaper, I’d probably manage to run afoul of the editors quite quickly. Also, unlike many people, just because I realise that I wouldn’t want to do something, doesn’t mean I don’t think others shouldn’t either.

]]> By: eddie http://photography.darkervision.com/blog/2007/04/16/oh-i-wouldnt-want-to-be-a-photojournalist/#comment-1236 eddie Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:24:24 +0000 http://photography.darkervision.com/blog/2007/04/16/oh-i-wouldnt-want-to-be-a-photojournalist/#comment-1236 While your article makes sense your, I disagree with your title. Why would you not want to be a photojournalist??????? So you can "clone and heal until your hearts content". Bullshit. (Honest) Photojournalists provide an invaluable service to all of us. As opposed to the subject of your May 2006 post: "My new Canon 50mm f1.8 lens broke the other night. Well maybe it didn’t, but it definitely scared me. One of our cats was acting particularly cute and Christa was begging me to bring out the camera to get a shot." No one gives a fuck about your cats, but i guarantee you the people of Bluffton, Ohio cared about that photo on the front page of their paper. Allan Detrich violated the rules of the game on several occasions. He deserves to be fired and run out of the photo-j business. "The fact that these photo journalists that are caught get fired" is not harsh. It is the way it should be. If you lie and deceive by altering your photos. The honesty of photo journalism has to be maintained or it loses its power. While your article makes sense your, I disagree with your title.
Why would you not want to be a photojournalist??????? So you can “clone and heal until your hearts content”. Bullshit.
(Honest) Photojournalists provide an invaluable service to all of us. As opposed to the subject of your May 2006 post:

“My new Canon 50mm f1.8 lens broke the other night. Well maybe it didn’t, but it definitely scared me.

One of our cats was acting particularly cute and Christa was begging me to bring out the camera to get a shot.”
No one gives a fuck about your cats, but i guarantee you the people of Bluffton, Ohio cared about that photo on the front page of their paper.
Allan Detrich violated the rules of the game on several occasions. He deserves to be fired and run out of the photo-j business. “The fact that these photo journalists that are caught get fired” is not harsh. It is the way it should be. If you lie and deceive by altering your photos. The honesty of photo journalism has to be maintained or it loses its power.

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