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Re: The 'FullScreen of the Week' visits Montreal

Subject: Re: The 'FullScreen of the Week' visits Montreal
From: "Gary O'Brien" <email@hidden>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 08:34:49 -0500

Roger:

Concerning the barbershop pano: You bring up an excellent point about photojournalistic ethics. I am attempting to use the panorama as a way to put the viewer in a time and space - the "You Are There" effect. I am trying to be conscious of all the tenets of newspaper photojournalism as I work.

The process of what to shoot, how to frame and when is made more difficult since I'm shooting four frames. If things are moving, this can get a bit complicated.

The decision-making process while stitching (what to mask, what not depending on how the scene changes) is a new dimension to this work.

Editing sound to accurately represent the scene is also a new skill to learn.

You are correct in that the barbershop pano was indeed a moment in time. I portrayed the scene as accurately as possible, even to the extent of not cloning out the camera equipment I had left in view. The audio was one take, with no editing.

One thing we do in the newspaper business is to clearly label images we've manipulated as "illustrations". If I present a pano where I've manipulated the scene, added or subtracted elements or otherwise stepped outside the envelope of photojournalistic ethics, I will clearly label it as such.

This is not to say that individual photographers should not be able to take artistic license with their work. I am taking the photojournalistic approach because that's what I know best.

I have posted an index page to some recent work here:

http://www.29tribune.com/geeoh/panos.html

There are high- and low-bandwidth version of the larger pieces.

Thanks again to all on this list who have been so generous with their advice and constructive criticism. I am looking forward to learning more from you all.

Regards,
Gary

On Thursday, March 25, 2004, at 11:22 PM, email@hidden wrote:

Message: 7
Cc: email@hidden
From: Roger Howard <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: The 'FullScreen of the Week' visits Montreal
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:46:19 -0800
To: Hans Nyberg <email@hidden>

On Mar 25, 2004, at 6:45 AM, Hans Nyberg wrote:

on 25/03/04 8:54, email@hidden email@hidden
wrote:
But I see that the fullscreen of the week is a fake..
Hej Jonas
The expression is  ARTISTIC FREEDOM


Or at least artistic license.

As someone else mentioned, as it's not journalism there's no implied
authenticity - almost all panos are impressionistic more than
journalistic... heck, the more a pano represents the photographers
impression/vision (as long as its not intentionallty dishonest in some
fashion) the better, IMHO.

Now, had that great barber shop pano shot by the photojournalist turned
out to be an amalgam of scenes, people, actors, and staged effect, I
might have felt different, as it was intended as a journalistic "moment
in time".

-R

Gary O'Brien
Photographer
Charlotte, NC
http://www.garyobrien.com
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