max cooper Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 From an article by Nichols about how to get published in the Geographic: "Geographic is still shooting transparencies. I think technology is probably theleast important thing to consider. But you do have to be able to handletransparencies to shoot for the Geographic." Is he talking about slide film? Any specifics on what kind? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan_w. Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Transparencies = slide film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobatkins Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Shooting slides isn't the only qualification though.... NG have run articles shot 100% digital too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beepy Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I would think whether you use film or digital is the least issue you have getting published in National Geographic:-) But, is it true that National Geographic is still primarily based around transparencies? I wonder why. At some point Arizona Highways had a similar statement on submissions (and may still have that). I was doing some art reproduction work for a retrospective book just published and was asked to submit 4x5" transparencies (they declined Canon 1Ds MkII captures). I was a little surprised. <p> I suspect that some workflows at publications will take time to either switch over or be more flexible. I wonder if in the National Geographic case there is concern about the ease with which digital format images can be manipulated vs. film (not that the latter is impossible - but complicated for transparencies). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 The big problem alot of publications have wit hdigital capture is primarily that individual photogrpahers processing skills are all over the map. Until they know that you really know what you are doing, transparencies remains the safest bet for them. To a lesser extent for National Geographic there is also the issue of being able to authenticate the "reality" ofthe images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_thompson2 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Arizona Highways accepts mainly 4x5 transparencies for it's landscape work. http://www.arizonahighways.com/page.cfm?name=Photo_AskPhotog&nav=photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_degroot Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 i think at one time National Geographic had their own Kodachrome setup. I remeber them using Anscochrome and did not recall and Ektachrome at that time. The P hotos of the Buckingham Palace guards were done with Anscochrome 100. or was it 500? nice rendition of red. They were very serious about the photos and reporting. One major person converted to Islam and was able to photograph sites that were closed to Christians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross nolly Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I see that Bill Allard shot his NG Hutterite story with a Canon 20d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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