I was at the Hurricane Island (Maine) Outward Bound School in the summer of
1966 when a rather pricy sailing yacht brimming with National Geographic folks
moored at Valley Cove. They were doing a piece on the coast of Maine. For at
least two, maybe three days, the peace and tranquility of the island were
shattered by the continuous clacking of Nikon motor drives. I think a couple of
the HI pics made it in the actual published story.
The thing I remember most is that one of the photographers, who interviewed my
watch (12 students), pegged my accept as western North Carolina. He then went
on to score roughly 100 percent on the others he guessed. The only miss, as I
recall, was a kid named Blakey, who was born in Scotland and immigrated to
Charlestown, MA, across the river from Boston, at age 9. This kid might as well
have been speaking Farsi.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Mar 24, 2015, at 1:15 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> Agreed. He's a great photographer, but certainly not the only great
>> photographer. He has certainly learned the art on how to identify a
>> story and get the results to support that story. I just fear that he's
>> trying to manufacture a story behind his own success and it just isn't
>> sounding right. A little reminder to him: When the story is about you,
>> you are no longer able to cover the story. Brian Williams comes to
>> mind.
>>
>> Personally, I think that Tina's photography runs circles around his.
>> Tina's shows real life. Steve's is often times obviously staged or
>> defined.
>>
>>
> For me, that's one of the problems with a lot of the Nat Geo/Smithsonian
> photos. I see those, and feel bad about myself and my own skills. But then
> I discover that the photographer spent 10 months waiting in one location
> and had 5 reflectors and light modifiers and an assistant and got the
> people to pose for the photo....
--
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