"high risk" photos comment by Reuters chief photographer at Olympics

[Murchu]

Some great images, really enjoyed looking at some of the work, especially amongst the 62 images in the original link. Setting oneself apart through excellence is the only guaranteed route for success. Far too many people that are good or very good to distinguish oneself.

Given all the photographers at the Olympics, I wonder for how many of them it is worthwhile, if the mundane and cookie-cutter images are not moving..

 

[icebear]

how did this become a gear thread?

my take on the op comments had more to do with a personal philosophy about setting goals for being a better photographer...

no?

As always, you have to pick the right tool for the job. In this case high speed tele lenses and DSLR's with high speed autofocus are the tools of choice. Other than doing portrait work of the athletes after the fact, no one would choose a M9 and 90mm lens for this job. So the tools are one important factor to success - of course how the photog works with the tool and use it to get the best result, is totally up to her/him. A hammer is just a hammer... and a brush doesn't paint by itself but w/o the tool you also don't get the job done.

 

[Murchu]

As always, you have to pick the right tool for the job. In this case high speed tele lenses and DSLR's with high speed autofocus are the tools of choice. Other than doing portrait work of the athletes after the fact, no one would choose a M9 and 90mm lens for this job. So the tools are one important factor to success - of course how the photog works with the tool and use it to get the best result, is totally up to her/him. A hammer is just a hammer... and a brush doesn't paint by itself but w/o the tool you also don't get the job done.

I think a worthwhile point though, is looking at the 62 images in the original link and seeing how many could have been shot with any camera, not just a high speed dslr and exotic telephoto..

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Thanks for posting this, Bob.

At least some professional photographers are still not just point-and-shooters. Very encouraging.

 

[jsrockit]

I hope I am not someday remember as "he made a lot of pretty good photographs"

Why not? Most won't be remembered at all.

 

[dave lackey]

Fred: "being remembered" is a very relative term just like the quality of your photos. I can assure you that I never considered I would be remembered by the photo establishment. I was referring to a much smaller scale.

For me, I can only hope that my children, their children and future family generations will have a few examples of my work (photography not being my only contribution to them), to remember both my bride and me in the future... and keep us in their hearts for awhile.


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