Hi , I will butt in and say that almost all of my recollection of newspaper guys from back when with 4x5s and slow film carried a flash unit off to the side. I"m not sure about the press pass stuck in the headband of their hat, but I'd bet on a notebook and pencil somewhere on their person. Would that make them photojournalists? What is the line of demarcation between photojournalist and newspaper/magazine photog? It really sounds like doublespeak to me... I'm having a hard time understanding why flash is an issue, since sometimes you need it and sometimes you dont. As an amateurgeneral subject photographer, I carry one zoom, one fixed focal length and one enormous flash that will work at 30 feet if necessary, but has the auto thingie to tone it down . (I shot my stepgrandson's basketball game and it turned out fine. There is plenty of light inside a gymnasium. I can understand the two big lights for football.) just happy to be here fred.vansand2@verizon.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emily L. Ferguson" <elf@cape.com> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 8:05 PM Subject: do newpaper phojos carry lights > I dunno. I went to a workshop at the NPPA Northern Short Course the > topic of which was how to manage shooting a feature portrait for the > food/sports/fashion/arts sections with two hotlights or one and a > reflector. > > when you have 4 minutes > > during the interview by the feature article writer. > > The teacher had worked his entire life for a New York City newspaper. > > And I shot basketball for a season next to the regional paper shooter > who showed with two light stands that extended to 25 feet and two > radio fired strobes with power packs. He did that for night football > too. He tied the light stands off to the bleachers and tripped them > with his on camera flash which was aimed into the sky or at an angle. > > He shot a New Year's First Night parade with the same rig and an > assistant. Tied the stands to trees and used rear curtain flash to > catch the 10-person dragon in motion. > > So I dunno. Seems to me that phojos at even medium sized newspapers > use professional lighting equipment professionally. > -- > Emily L. Ferguson > mailto:elf@cape.com > 508-563-6822 > New England landscapes, wooden boats and races, press photography > http://www.vsu.cape.com/~elf > >
