Originally Posted by
StreetRacingOnline
I think there is a huge misconception on alot of peoples parts.
People dont seem to know the difference between a world class Commercial Automotive photographer, versus a magazine shooter.
When shooting for a magazine, you are shooting an editorial. You are covering what you see. You arent really creating a scene to an extent that a commercial shooter does. Commercial shoots all have a theme or a base idea, and then it builds upon that, storyboarding is not uncommon, as well as a sketch of your ideas. This is what sets Tim Wallace, Easton Chang, David Vaught, etc. They are creators, not journalists. HUGE DIFFERENCE!
REALLYYYY???!!! I thought that it was the price of your camera!!!!!
Seriously... I agree with you that it is the case, and there is a difference... but I really do not think that there should be, it is about using the camera to tell a the story, especially in an editorial, but unfortunately some people only see and open parking lot with a car in the middle. It been also a personal peeve(s) of mine the lenghts people will go through not to have a a single reflection in there car photos, and that a rig shot is as creative as it gets, thing is there are some award winning photo journalists people just need to get creative with their photos and forget some of the stupid rules!!!!
What really shocked me was that the early discussions centered around the price of the gear and was really surprised to see Ambientlife join the discussion and I enjoyed his input, I think the guy has a right to defend his work even though he did a lot more than that, to be quite honest I did not really expect him to stay around so long, sad though, but such is the nature of the beast!!!