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re:press photographers

Posted by: SidL 01:12 pm EST 01/18/14
In reply to: re: Bridges of Madison County: 1st preview - ilw 11:33 am EST 01/18/14

In the press presentation video,
I don't get it why the photographers are clicking away non-stop throughout the entire song. It's not as if there was a change in the scene. As a photographer, I get the "one more please" reminds me of the time I was on the street in NYC for some event near Carnegie Hall - photographed Paul Newman walking with Joanne Woodward - he "snapped" at me when I took a second shot "wasn't one enough???" I was surprised considering Mr. Newman was also a director. And yes, the second pic turned out better than the first one.

and speaking of theatrical photography - I really wish Playbill.Com would take up the LESS is MORE philosophy and trim down their opening night coverage by a least a third - so many variations of the same image


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re: re:press photographers

Posted by: MikeR 02:15 pm EST 01/18/14
In reply to: re:press photographers - SidL 01:12 pm EST 01/18/14

In my experience with production photos (and I haven't worked at anything near the level of Broadway), they keep taking shot after shot for a couple reasons: First, the digital revolution means that the only limit they have is storage space, so why not shoot as much as possible. Second, shooting under theatrical lighting while people are singing or speaking is challenging at best. You're going to get a lot of shots where the lighting doesn't look right and/or the actors look like they're making weird faces. Best to take as many shots as possible to maximize the possibility of getting a few good ones.


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re: re:press photographers

Posted by: SidL 02:21 pm EST 01/18/14
In reply to: re: re:press photographers - MikeR 02:15 pm EST 01/18/14

yes, similar to a White House press conference - just seems to upstage the video , perhaps the performers could pose for a solid minute - and then let the videographers do their thing


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