The Insecurity of the Professional Photographer

That’s one helluva resume.....

Oh, I might add that once Eric Draper left the AP and became George Bush's personal photographer, his objectivity was definitely tilted! But then again, he was no longer bound by the ethics of photojournalists.

I happen to believe people simply used to struggle to suppress with varying degrees of success.

Now I am amazed at those in media who seem to think that they are perceived as objective.

I would agree that the "media" has radically changed in the past 10 years, especially the word side.

Maybe they keep their equipment with them because they don't want to leave it in the hotel or their car where it can get stolen.

I chaired a state commission sort of thing for some years, and I have to admit that "clear the room of reporters" was something I longed to do. The TV people were worse then, simply because they needed really huge, bright lights which they would place in your lap if you would let them. They never asked, of course, because, as even I knew at the time. "if you ask, they can say no"

I happen to believe people simply used to struggle to suppress with varying degrees of success.

Now I am amazed at those in media who seem to think that they are perceived as objective.

 

In the past, certain news personalities were perceived as objective, e.g. Walter Cronkite when I was a kid. There was a shared truth, at least to some extent. Today I don't know. Most good photographers probably don't think they are perceived as objective, but I suspect quite a lot of them try hard to be and to rise above their own preconceptions.

 

I feel like you can look at the pictures and get an idea of what it's trying to convey. Course it might be easier if we could look at all the pictures a given photographer took at an event to see what he or she was going for. Or maybe it's more representative to see what they ultimately used from their work?

 

Maybe it depends on who they work for and what the management wants more than the photographer's own personal bias?

I think that is a pretty good assessment of it.

Pro tip, while we're at it: carry a bunch of spare memory cards with you, of different formats. You never know when a fellow photographer might need one. I have used SD cards only for several years now, but I still carry a few CF cards as well. You never know.

 

I have enough CF cards for my CF cameras, but also a SD to CF adapter, that holds an SD card and fits in a type II CF slot.

I believe some fit in a type I slot, but maybe more expensive or less reliable.

Pro tip, while we're at it: carry a bunch of spare memory cards with you, of different formats. You never know when a fellow photographer might need one.

You never know when you’ll need one. I had a fresh, top line name brand SD card fail last week while in the wilds of the Olympic National Park. I carry spares but have never needed one before. I also carry 2 spare charged batteries for each camera, and I’ve needed one a few times when a tired original ran dry very early.