Guide to Photojournalism by Brian Horton
The section that I read in this book was on features and portraits. One of the person's quoted was Amy Sancetta. She photographs a variety of different subjects from children laborers to yo-yo factories. Often she most switch quickly from a serious work to a humorous subject. She described what is like to have to switch so quickly. "You are moving from one situation where you show your humanity to another situation where you do".
The following photographs are a sample of Sancetta's work.
Bad Weather is good weather
The point that stood out to me was where it talked about weather. "Good weather is often the worst weather possible" (84). This was funny because I prefer to shoot in nice, sunny weather. However, I think that I need to stretch myself and shoot in good photography weather, even if it isn't "nice" weather.
These books were a lot of fun to read and were very informative.
That's what struck me from Landscape Photography as well. and i discovered that it is very much true by this last shoot. It was strange being out in that kind of weather, but also exciting to see the awesome photos i was getting. :)
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