Troubles with the Master Plan
After a long hiatus in posting I've realized how far behind I've gotten on the blog. Anyway, I'm still at The O'Collegian, but not working as an editor. I decided at the start of the fall semester that as far as my career goes, I need to be taking photos, not editing other people's.
The big news at OSU recently has involved the Campus Master Plan. Schmidly and his crew have been hosting loads of meetings: with students, faculty, residents and most importantly, the city commission. It seems that people are more upset about the plan than Schmidly has realized. During the Q&A sessions at these meetings, people have consistently and forcefully let the school know just how they feel.
Hank Moore, a city commissioner, was just one of these people. I knew that the fireworks would start as soon as Schmidly started taking questions, so I stuck around during the presentation. After hearing the same hour-long spiel five times, you really learn a lot about the plan.
Anyway, Moore starts ripping into Schmidly and the university as a whole. Apparently the city has had problems with the school flaking out on business deals in the past. I knew this would be the shot, but wanted something different than the standard torso shot. So I got in really close with a 200mm lens and concentrated on getting a good guesture to go along with Moore's face.
After the shot ran front and center the next day I got a call from Moore wanting to buy a print. Turns out the News-Press went with a more standard torso shot - Moore probably ordered one from them, too, but I feel that our shot was stronger.
I've been trying to really break down photo situations to their essence recently, and I think it's helping quite a bit. With a speech, the core is the person's face and gestures they make. I got both in my frame with no extra elements. By shooting more of the face as opposed to the torso, it seems that the shot has more on an impact than the typical podium shot.
The big news at OSU recently has involved the Campus Master Plan. Schmidly and his crew have been hosting loads of meetings: with students, faculty, residents and most importantly, the city commission. It seems that people are more upset about the plan than Schmidly has realized. During the Q&A sessions at these meetings, people have consistently and forcefully let the school know just how they feel.
Hank Moore, a city commissioner, was just one of these people. I knew that the fireworks would start as soon as Schmidly started taking questions, so I stuck around during the presentation. After hearing the same hour-long spiel five times, you really learn a lot about the plan.
Anyway, Moore starts ripping into Schmidly and the university as a whole. Apparently the city has had problems with the school flaking out on business deals in the past. I knew this would be the shot, but wanted something different than the standard torso shot. So I got in really close with a 200mm lens and concentrated on getting a good guesture to go along with Moore's face.
After the shot ran front and center the next day I got a call from Moore wanting to buy a print. Turns out the News-Press went with a more standard torso shot - Moore probably ordered one from them, too, but I feel that our shot was stronger.
I've been trying to really break down photo situations to their essence recently, and I think it's helping quite a bit. With a speech, the core is the person's face and gestures they make. I got both in my frame with no extra elements. By shooting more of the face as opposed to the torso, it seems that the shot has more on an impact than the typical podium shot.
posted by MattB2517 at Monday, February 13, 2006
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