JohnTF
Veteran
CBS did a short piece on the capturing of specific moments in Haiti, interesting to see value placed on still images by Mass Media TV reporters. Nice work.
Regards, John
Regards, John
-doomed-
film is exciting
Perhaps moving photos are still relevant.
Conveying the feel of a particular moment through a still seems inherently harder than a video clip. The video complete with sound captures the time but doesn't move me the same way a still of that moment would.
Glad to see still photos can hold their own.
Conveying the feel of a particular moment through a still seems inherently harder than a video clip. The video complete with sound captures the time but doesn't move me the same way a still of that moment would.
Glad to see still photos can hold their own.
ebolton
Number 7614
Still images can be more effective than video at times, because the viewer can linger on the image to see details that pass by unnoticed on video.
JohnTF
Veteran
I think there is a general feeling of having given up on the power of still images, nice to see the recognition by the video network of just that impact of a moment frozen.
BillBingham2
Registered User
Interesting observation. I was doing a paper for my class the other night and I was thinking that video is going to replace stills for many casual (read like family) pictures the same way digital has replaced film in the next three to five years. While it would be great to hear Grandma Peg at a birthday party from years ago, there is something about the power if a still. While you do not get as much information it allows you to linger, to think more. Video has more of an MTV mindset, more flash, less seeing and less thinking.
Thanks for the heads up, I will sneak over there tomorrow and see if I can see it on-line.
B2 (;->
Thanks for the heads up, I will sneak over there tomorrow and see if I can see it on-line.
B2 (;->
JohnTF
Veteran
I somehow like to think everyone has that box of old prints going back 100 years or so in the attic, some albums, some deckle edged prints, I have a family album with a music box and tin types in it, -- you do not look at them often, but you don't have to, they are still there.
My friend's family had to leave Latvia just ahead of the Russian Army in the 40's, and one person grabbed the family photos, which they still have and look at.
Perhaps we will be grabbing the family hard drive, hardly the same thing, ;-)
People still have prints, but since my friend found a digital camera, he has several years of images on a single SD card, got a little panicky when it was misplaced, I do not think he has printed more than a couple of images, if any.
I found it interesting that CBS was essentially paying respect to the single image-- it has perhaps become something of note, when it was quite commonplace just a few years ago.