Hello All,
This is my first posting to thus list, and I would like you to know
that I have enjoyed and learned from you during my lurking. This is a
great list.
On the subject of filters; my lenses all have one thing in common, a
Tiffen UV protector.
I have worked as a stringer for the local papers, filling in when the
staff has too much work, or too few warm bodies available to cover all
of the art. I also get jobs that the full timers don't want to shoot.
So, I get some very challenging assignments. On one such, I was tasked
with documenting progress on a new freeway. Old steel reinforced
structures were coming down, and it was one such that sprayed the
Supervisor and I with cement fragments that left us both covered with
blood blisters through our clothes. Once inside the construction trailer
I looked at the Nikon F3 I was shooting with, and found that is was
undamaged, except for the filter, which had shattered, but still
remained intact. That saved me about $200 for a replacement lens, and
has made me a true believer when it comes to UV protector.
As far as the effect on overall definition, my perspective is slanted
by the medium where my work is displayed. I want a sharp contrasty
image, but no matter how sharp and high contrast, my images are
delivered on newsprint. A story in point: I recently came across a armed
standoff between some gang bangers and the Stockton PD, with enough
firepower to turn that intersection into the end of the movie "The Wild
Bunch". I had left my light bag at my Mothers house, and found myself
armed with only my Olympus Stylus QD that lives in my jacket pocket.
Nonplused, I pulled out my press card and clipped it to my collar, and
when the first cop saw my sneaking and creeping, I flashed my card and
said, "It's all I have with me!", to which he said "Then go for it!".
An hour later the paper was being put to bed, and my photos were all
over the front page of the Metro section, and I was a happy camper. When
asked by my fellows about film, and lenses, I pulled out my little P&S
and gave credit where credit was due. The problem is that they still
don't believe me!
So, I now have a motto that serves me well; Forget about what camera
you have in the trunk of the car, or back at the office, and get the
shot. Editors don't care how you do it; just get the shot.
Good luck.
Bill Hilburn Jr.
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