Martin P Wilson Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Rarely can you be in the best positions to both take photographs and talk to people at the same time. At least not for real breaking news as opposed to set piece press conferences or other events. Doing both as reporter-photographer is often not practical let alone the different skills required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidC Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Kick back ! Write a good comprehensive caption - the Subs (sub-editors) can knock it up into an article - do away with reporters all together !!!! When doing show biz features (years ago) I would always introduce the reporter as "My caption writer......" - on the whole it went down well with the celeb - not quite so with the scribe...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Write a good comprehensive caption - the Subs (sub-editors) can knock it up into an article - which is exctly what those of us who work in LiveNews should be doing as a matter of course km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidC Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Exactly, the caption should contain the 'Who, Where' Why' What and When' and be clear enough to stand alone, but given the bones for expansion - many 'reporters' never leave their desks being re-writers for others copy - backed by a couple of phone calls - this of course explains much - 'the men in shiny shoes' have a lot to answer for....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladikirn Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Newer mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMelbourne Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I hope that's a typo error and not a Freudian slip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepmyoung Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 And I suppose that all model releases were checked or even existed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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