Stringer
Its been a busy week. Lots going on. I did my first stringer job on Thursday. A stringer is when an out of town newspaper calls up locally to find somebody to do a photo shoot for them. Since the paper isn't local and has no way to get a shot, they find a local photog to hire.
On Thursday evening the United States Air Force Heartland Concert Band was in town. The Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald called up my office and talked to Tom about getting a shot of the band for an article they are running about the possible canceling of the band due to troop withdrawals. Tom asked if I was interested and I said sure. I have done a little bit of journalism in my day and thought it would be pretty painless. It wasn't as easy as I planned but it still went pretty smoothly. And i get a good chunk of cash for only 2-3 hours of work. Here are the two photos they will be running. When I get the tear sheet I'll post that as well.
On Thursday evening the United States Air Force Heartland Concert Band was in town. The Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald called up my office and talked to Tom about getting a shot of the band for an article they are running about the possible canceling of the band due to troop withdrawals. Tom asked if I was interested and I said sure. I have done a little bit of journalism in my day and thought it would be pretty painless. It wasn't as easy as I planned but it still went pretty smoothly. And i get a good chunk of cash for only 2-3 hours of work. Here are the two photos they will be running. When I get the tear sheet I'll post that as well.
posted by Jonathan at 10:47:00 AM
8 Comments:
it ain't art but it pays the bills!
Yeah, but is it Artistic? Impressionistic?
my guess is you did the best you could possibly do in the situation. it's a document. still, i like the way the bottom image is composed... but i'm not sure a local newspaper is exactly looking at composition and such things.
It's both artistic *and* impressionistic.
Nice job on gettin' a gig.
Thanks. And for all my Omaha readers, keep your eyes peeled.
By the way, the artistic and impressionistic remark is for Darren. He beleives all photos should be artistic and impressionistic.
I don't know what artistic even means. I won't even comment on the term "impressionistic"
They contacted Tom to shoot this? I bet that doesn't happen too often!
I don't know why they called our office. But as you know, not really up Tom's alley. So that is why he gave me the contact.
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