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Dear dimwit on the phone

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Starman, Jan 21, 2010.

  1. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    That's the only way to do it, but running action shots with a different game story is still quite confusing. I generally have only done it in our neighborhood sections when the photo selection/staffing is always very poor. I would never do it on the front page, but being in a larger city, we always have enough options for front-page art.
     
  2. kyleocker

    kyleocker New Member

    I've dealt with these before. I'll say "It's in the paper." I'll hear, "Well, I don't have a subscription!" I reply, "I'd be more more than happy to forward you to circulation."

    Occurs with a lot of things, but if anything is in the paper, I make them look, I never tell them over the phone, e-mail etc. I'll even go find it in the paper myself and tell them what page to look at. Making people more independent, one step at a time.
     
  3. boxingnut4324

    boxingnut4324 Member

    When I first started five years ago I was working desk and someone called in asking for our star, veteran reporter. Too bad he retired four years earlier. Oh the shame in his voice. :)
     
  4. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    All track, cross country, golf, tennis and swimming photos look alike anyway.
     
  5. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    So, you're OK with deceiving your readers?
     
  6. boxingnut4324

    boxingnut4324 Member

    A few summers back I worked an internship at a major RSN. One of the other interns was a cute blonde I'll call Jen. Everyone loved her, but, call me old fashioned, if you are mixing up "single" and "double play" your looks won't be getting you too far in this business.
     
  7. Bud_Bundy

    Bud_Bundy Well-Known Member

    1 - small school softball team called in a game once, 1 run, 23 hits, 2 errors. Every time somebody made contact with the ball, they got a hit.

    2 - Had a running back at a rural school closing in on 2,000 yards. Got a call from a rival coach who said, and was proved to be true, that the statistician was giving the RB credit for yardage from the point behind the line of scrimmage where the QB handed off to him.
     
  8. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    No. Learned my lesson earlier, as described in a previous post.

    I'm simply saying they all look alike, which makes it a challenge to run more than one is a challenge. I had to explain several times to photogs that if we were going to run more than one shot from an event (I tried to do that), they needed to look substantially different. John swimming the butterfly and Dave swimming the breaststroke look too much alike.
     
  9. bydesign77

    bydesign77 Active Member

    Then someone isn't doing the strokes right [/swimmingreferee]

    I just got done doing an 8 hour meet yesterday. I was watching some of the photographers there and was wondering, "How DO you get vastly different shots?"

    Without being able to get in the water or directly above, don't they all just look the same?
     
  10. HejiraHenry

    HejiraHenry Well-Known Member

    I also want to see what the faces of best swimmers look like outside the pool. Our shooters know I'm picky about that.
     
  11. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    An eight-hour meet??!?!? Hope no one drowned. (Longest I've ever stayed was about 3.)

    But, yes, your question is a very real one that presents a challenge to photographers. Fortunately, we'd only shoot a couple of meets per year. One really good photographer I knew actually got up on the diving board and got some cool shots. Basically, you have your generic action shot, the reaction when they touch the wall, the splash dive in and the wide shot where you see 5-6 different lanes.

    You can get some pretty cool shots from underwater (used one of those from the Olympics), but a routine prep or college meet isn't likely to have that option.

    Track is much the same. In a still photo, it's hard to tell if they are running the 100 or the 5,000. Which is why I always harp on photogs to get accurate cutline information.
     
  12. Rhody31

    Rhody31 Well-Known Member

    I love shooting Swim because the difference between an OK shot and a great one comes down to milliseconds. You have to time everything and put yourself in a spot to get a good shot.
     
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