YM looking for your winter sailing pictures

[Ex-SolentBoy]

Yes, any idiot can buy a gret camera and shoot zillions of photographs. The difference though, is that the idiot will get a very low hit rate of good shots compared to a professional.

If we attach no commercial value to the pictures, then there is also no point in copyright, so the future of magazine photos is a google search followed by cut and paste. I, for one, will not be paying money for such a publication.

I will however, pay money for a good magazine with good photography. And even more for one with better photography.

Four of us recently went in a landrover to a game park. All had very expensive cameras and very good lenses. We all photographed the same elephants, lions etc. After the trip we combined all the photos in one digital album. The interesting thing is that as you flick through it you can tell who took each photograph. One guy had made a bit of money doing wildlife photography and his photos stood out a mile.

 

[dylanwinter]

correct

Yes, any idiot can buy a gret camera and shoot zillions of photographs. The difference though, is that the idiot will get a very low hit rate of good shots compared to a professional.

If we attach no commercial value to the pictures, then there is also no point in copyright, so the future of magazine photos is a google search followed by cut and paste. I, for one, will not be paying money for such a publication.

I will however, pay money for a good magazine with good photography. And even more for one with better photography.

Four of us recently went in a landrover to a game park. All had very expensive cameras and very good lenses. We all photographed the same elephants, lions etc. After the trip we combined all the photos in one digital album. The interesting thing is that as you flick through it you can tell who took each photograph. One guy had made a bit of money doing wildlife photography and his photos stood out a mile.

you are correct

now any idiot can buy a good camera

back in the days of emulsion only a few poeple had access t cameras that wuld take pictures good enough for a front cover

now any eejit can join the club

so good but impecunious kids can get entyr to the good gear club

then there are the eejits with good gear - they snap away and eventually one or two out of a hundred might be okay

so there are lots more great images around than there ever were

supply and demand

well done for supporting great photography... very good man indeed

as for copyright

the stable door is open and no-one has managed to work out how to close it

Dylan

 

[Seajet]

I was a pro photographer for British Aerospace for 15 years; the job was not solely about taking glamour shots of aircraft mind, more about fitting cine cameras for weapon / stores releases & recording laser guided munitions hits.

If suffering insomnia, www.harrier.org.uk/history

scroll down to 'Harrier testing'.

I left in 1993 as I'd had enough of the latest crop of accountants, and soldiered on freelance; when digital kit came along, I saw the writing on the wall and managed to sell my Hasselblads for a good price !

Now, how many people appreciate a good image taken by a pro', compared to a quick shot taken by some hoodie on his mobile phone ?!

P.S, the last I heard a while ago was that a digital back for a Hasselblad ( notoriously user unfriendly but I and most pro's still love 'em ) was £12,000 on top of the camera price of around £5,000, and no doubt offering a fraction of the quality & features of stuff easily available in the high street !

 

[Lakesailor]

Now, how many people appreciate a good image taken by a pro', compared to a quick shot taken by some hoodie on his mobile phone ?!

That is the nub of it.
If you don't know how to achieve the shot you want, or even know what shot you want, then no amount of gear or resolution will help you.

However, the problem is that the customer for photography doesn't appreciate the difference between good and bad photography.
So some free snaps by a mate or compact camera shots will do for their website. (which are, after all low res and small images)

Look at many web sites, see the converging (or diverging) verticals, the poor composition, the mixed lighting, etc.

But the customer doesn't value good images. They want cheap. It is getting worse as purveyors of printed media are used to looking at poor images and can't see the benefit in spending more time (and money) on proper shots for brochures etc.

Of course it gets even worse when people do want good images, but don't want to pay the price.

 

[Cloona]

if you feel lile that you
send them a low res image(s) - if they want to see the high res version of the image you ask them whats its worth to them if published - and can ask if there will be more if they use it big or front cover - if 25 or 40 quid (normal sort if rate) is below you they can send it to your charity -

but there again you may just want to share a bit of pleasure -

BTW did i tell how i murdered 2 engines in 20 minutes within 300 metres of my berth ?

 

[photodog]

I wish I could find someone who wants to share some pleasure with a spot of plumbing...

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

as for copyright

the stable door is open and no-one has managed to work out how to close it

Dylan

How about we get experienced sailors/photographers/journalists to stop offering their low res. pictures to IPC for free just because they once got loaned an old banger?

 

[Sandy]

now any eejit can join the club

Thats a word I've not heard in a while.

 

[Lakesailor]

"club" is in general use these days.

 

[Colvic Watson]

I think he was referring to 'can' - most packaging is plastic; can't remember the last time someone offered me a 'can of soup'. Used to happen all the time when I was a lad.

 

[mjcoon]

I think he was referring to 'can' - most packaging is plastic; can't remember the last time someone offered me a 'can of soup'. Used to happen all the time when I was a lad.

I open soup cans frequently, but I'm a lazy "cook". Maybe you haven't been down to your local soup kitchen lately?

Mike.

 

[dunedin]

Winter sailing pictures

Does 1st and 2nd January count as winter sailing

Its not all snow and rain in the winter - 2 days of blue skies and great sailing, with not another boat in site (even if well below zero overnight)

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Winter is not often cold and snowy in the Irish Sea, but more normally grey and gloomy, like this...

 

[capnsensible]

Well it was a february.....