Professional vs. snapshot
One way the O-D is trying to get news out quickly is being accepting that some of visual coverage is not going to be as refined as we are used to.
Once, we depended solely on our photo staff for images. Each was professionally made by someone who specialized in the trade. Now we are now using the reach of our entire reporting staff, coupled with modern camera technology, to allow us to bring forth photos that we used to just plain skip. It wasn't that we deemed something unworthy. We simply couldn't get a photographer to each event. While that is still true, we are now able to bring you some level of photos where we once had nothing.
Is the quality the same in reporter-made photos? No. Do we still care about quality? Absolutely.
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NICOLE L. CVETNIC/Observer-Dispatch
Riders participating in The Ride For Missing Children cycle along the road near the entrance of the Mid-State Correctional Facility, Friday, March 18, 2007 in Marcy.
Our photo staff still shoot photos everyday and they are the core of the visual report that we present. We have simply decided that often some visual coverage is better than none. We have also found that now we can better allow our professional visual journalists a little more time to find a shot that makes you say "wow!"
Riders participating in The Ride For Missing Children cycle along the road near the entrance of the Mid-State Correctional Facility, Friday, March 18, 2007 in Marcy.
Once, we depended solely on our photo staff for images. Each was professionally made by someone who specialized in the trade. Now we are now using the reach of our entire reporting staff, coupled with modern camera technology, to allow us to bring forth photos that we used to just plain skip. It wasn't that we deemed something unworthy. We simply couldn't get a photographer to each event. While that is still true, we are now able to bring you some level of photos where we once had nothing.
Is the quality the same in reporter-made photos? No. Do we still care about quality? Absolutely.
(left photo caption)
NICOLE L. CVETNIC/Observer-Dispatch
Riders participating in The Ride For Missing Children cycle along the road near the entrance of the Mid-State Correctional Facility, Friday, March 18, 2007 in Marcy.
Our photo staff still shoot photos everyday and they are the core of the visual report that we present. We have simply decided that often some visual coverage is better than none. We have also found that now we can better allow our professional visual journalists a little more time to find a shot that makes you say "wow!"
Riders participating in The Ride For Missing Children cycle along the road near the entrance of the Mid-State Correctional Facility, Friday, March 18, 2007 in Marcy.
William P. Cannon
Multimedia Editor
Multimedia Editor
posted by Observer-Dispatch Multimedia Staff at
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