One perk of Track & Field Photography

I too have had some interesting chats with photogs at sporting events. Unfortunately, not all are as social as I. Some are exceptionally tight-lipped about what they are doing and who they are doing it for. I just smile and walk away.  

 

I have been shooting for a small town paper for 7 years since moving from Orlando and the Orlando Sentinel. The other day I was pretty much uncermoniously removed as head Sports photographer. I know it is pretty much over $$. Newspapers are struggling and if they can find someone to write and snap a few images, they are content. Of course the local kids and parents are pizzed. Before I got here they saw very little to no action shots. In the editorial page the new head editor stated she was taking the newspaper in a new and better direction. Better stories and better photography.  
So the new guy shows up and snaps a shot of our High School 3rd baseman and as his caption stated, "Kory Hanchar, waits for action".



Early in the month, I supplied them with this shot of the same 3rd baseman.



You decide. :Confused:

 

Not much of a contest there.
Sorry to hear this

 

Thanks Gale. I think I pizzed the new head editor off alittle. Awhile back she had asked me to up my resolution on my camera, that 72 dpi is too little. I explained my D50 was a 6 meg camera and she had more than enough resolution. She was seeing some noise from extreme night shots and she wanted me to up the DPI to 200. I told her that's her job, being the printer. I could do it of course, but in this small country town, dial-up still exist and the newspapers in box only holds 5 meg. Heck they have ran shots I sent in before she arrived and I was using an Olympus C-700 and 740. Those are 2 and 3 meg cameras. I then sent her a link to understanding DPI and PPI.....of course, she never responded. :biggrin: She is a delegating type boss. You do the work, she goes home   I am only a stringer, so it doesn't much care, but I do know my fans at the High School and their parents plan to protest.

 

Jeff, I just celebrated my 35th year of newspaper work. My wife retired with 35 years over 6 years ago. Kinda ironic, seems like a good all around number if my time has come to hang it up. I will continue to shoot Little League and the coaches from the High School are still going to allow me on the field. At any rate I can continue to add to my website and hopefully with some complaints or the new guy realizing he cannot do it all, they might call me back.