Ethics of photographing a car crash
Ethics of photographing a car crash
I was returning from a trip to the Baltimore inner harbor when I came across a car up in flames almost near my house. Since I had my camera, I couldn't resist (at the time) to take pictures of the scene before the emergency vehicles arrived. After I took the pictures, I was notified by a spectator that the driver was still inside. When the firemen put out the fire, I couldn't make out anybody inside. At this point, the police pushed everyone back. It was not only until later that night when the news came on, did I confirm that the driver did indeed die. Now here I am, with an undeveloped roll of film of the whole incident. What should I do?
posted Fri 15 Aug 2003 in /photo/technique | link
Shooting memorials and landmarks
... I assume you mean different than the standard tourist shot - middle of the day, dead on with lots of tourists around. The first thing you do is visit the monuments during morning and evening light. You get low angle light and shadows, which should add depth and interest to your photos. Also, many monuments are lit up at night, so you have opportunities to do available light photography. You'll need to know how to turn off the flash on your P&S camera, as well as have some way to stabilize the camera - a tripod is best, but you could sit the camera on something and use the timer.
posted Fri 15 Aug 2003 in /photo/technique | link
Eschew Cliché
Mike Johnston writes on eschewing cliché.
"Rosie,"
taken in the dark by infrared illumination (Sony F-707), Mike
Johnston
posted Thu 17 Jul 2003 in /photo/technique | link
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