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Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

07/26/2006 09:04:52 AM · #1

Well folks, about a month ago I applied for a stringer position at a local newspaper. I wanted to try my hand at submitting freelance and doing the occasional assignment for them. Luckily for me I havent had any to do yet. I couldnt have picked a busier time for me personally to try a new venture. Anyway I had an oppurtunity fall in my lap to get some shots and submit some news. I screwed up and forgot my cardreader at home so had to wait until after my day job was over to get them sent over. I missed the cutoff time by half an hour. Not sure they would have ran anyway given the huge amount of bigger news that happened this week. But I thought I'd try anyway. Anyway thought I'd share what I submitted anyway. Thanks for looking and any ideas you could give me to make them better. Photos

MattO

Jaded_Housewife

Canon EOS-5D

07/26/2006 09:10:53 AM · #2

VERY nice pics. I'm not sure the farther away ones would give enough info in a newspaper but the closer ones are perfect for that type of thing i think. Great work.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/26/2006 11:19:17 AM · #3

Originally posted by jaded_youth:

VERY nice pics. I'm not sure the farther away ones would give enough info in a newspaper but the closer ones are perfect for that type of thing i think. Great work.

Thanks, I'm under the impression and I think rightly so, that Managing Editors dont always know what they want. So I have always tried to give them options so when they do decide I have hopefully covered it. Maybe I'm wrong to give them that option, maybe after getting some experience I'll find out differently.

MattO

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

07/26/2006 11:23:26 AM · #4

Excellent shots Matt. I too prefer the closer shots, but all are very good.

pidge

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

07/26/2006 11:50:11 AM · #5

Great shots, Matt!

May I suggest keeping the USB camera wire transfer cable (or whatever it's called) in your camera bag. I always use a card reader, but there have been instances where I needed to trasfer pictures, didn't have my card reader, and used the cable to trasnfer directly from the camera.

Good luck!

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

07/26/2006 03:03:31 PM · #6

Originally posted by pidge:

Hi Pidge,

Normally I keep the cable with the desktop at home, the cardreader in my camera bag as I carry a laptop with me. Unfortunatley I was on vacation last week and I use a different bag when I travel with the family. So I had left the card reader in the other bag when I swapped bags. Lesson learned though.

MattO

quiet_observation

Canon EOS-7D

07/26/2006 03:25:16 PM · #7

You may have done this-but you may want to try to get both horizontal and vertical versions of the same subject.

jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6000

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

07/26/2006 03:31:54 PM · #8

I think 1691 is excellent.

A tip:

When you shoot spot news like this where an accident of some sort is the subject, be sure to take a handful of wide angle shots from various perspectives also. Sometimes insurance companies will pay you nicely for those.

07/26/2006 03:42:23 PM · #9

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

Thanks John never thought of that angle before. I have a weekly habit of putting what I feel is my best work of the week as my background on my laptop. It reminds me of what I did good this week so I have a bit of inspiration. Image 1691 is my current background.

MattO

07/26/2006 11:33:38 PM · #10

One bump for the night crowd.

MattO