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Shit Photojournalists Like: Camera Tilt

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photo by the legendary Aleksandr Rodchenko

Tired of taking the same old photograph? There is a solution, my friend, and what a solution it is. TILT YOUR CAMERA.

THIS IS A NEW AND INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.

We are embarking on an age of diagonals and slants. No…

camera tilt gives me a rage stroke. i used to yell at my staffers for it, especially this one guy who shot an entire soccer game with EXTREMETILT. also he oversaturated the shit out of his images and pre-edited.

smokeandacoke:

This is why I decided not to get into photojournalism, as I almost did.

the only person that got a good picture is the one not in the picture. i hate these old-school douchebags. khaki vests and hiking boots and NO people skills.

"You spend so much time fiddling and nit-picking everything, it becomes more like science than art."

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Kevin Hilliard, Caverns

Interview: Caverns « Remember Your Future?

one year ago today

i spent two hours in bed fighting off a panic attack about doing my project. i think subconsciously i have been sabotaging myself for a long time. i’m burnt out. i’m tired. i am UNHAPPY. and as much as i appreciate the encouragement and kind thoughts, i can’t keep doing this to myself. so, i drove home today and told my dad that i will not be graduating next weekend. he was okay with it. i was terrified and i felt like i let everyone down, when in reality i was beating myself up over being not good enough for a career that makes me physically sick to my stomach. i don’t want a job where my only interaction with people is for a story. i want a job where i can help people, be creative, and be happy. but it’s not about what other people think, anyway. i am finally taking care of myself and fixing two of the worst mistakes of my life: being a photo major and working for the daily tar heel. that’s not to say that everything about those choices was bad; i met some of my very best friends through the dth, and i learned about photography and sometimes did things that i enjoyed. it’s just for the most part i was miserable. so next week i will not be earning a diploma, but i will have reclaimed some sanity.

and exactly one week from today, i will get that diploma. things are turning out beautifully.

"I wish she [Lange] hadn’t taken my picture. I can’t get a penny out of it. She didn’t ask my name. She said she wouldn’t sell the pictures. She said she’d send me a copy. She never did."

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Florence Owens Thompson, ‘Migrant Mother’

this is why i never ever want to be a photojournalist.