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White House: No more photo re-enactments
Ian Halperin, Photographer
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Plano(Dallas) | TX | USA | Posted: 9:01 PM on 05.12.11 |
->> From AP:
The White House said it is ending its long-running practice of having presidents re-enact televised speeches for news photographers following major addresses to the country, a little-known arrangement that fed suggestions of fakery when Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110512/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_photographers |
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Jeff Gammons, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Niceville | Fl | USA | Posted: 9:12 PM on 05.12.11 |
->> "One idea could be using mirrors so photographers could do their jobs out of the president's sight line"
Yea, lets make things harder than they need to be... |
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Michael Granse, Photographer
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Urbana | IL | USA | Posted: 9:45 PM on 05.12.11 |
| ->> The only thing missing from this proposed solution is smoke. Did they not think that someone would equate "mirrors" with "illusions?" This is not much better than reenactments. |
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Sean D. Elliot, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Jim Colburn, Photographer, Photo Editor
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 10:52 PM on 05.12.11 |
->> "...five photographers were ushered in to shoot pictures as the president stood at the podium..."
Great. Four photographers no longer needed. |
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David Harpe, Photographer
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Denver | CO | USA | Posted: 11:48 PM on 05.12.11 |
| ->> Pretty amazing that one blog post can undo decades of policy.... |
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James Brosher, Photographer
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Cheyenne | WY | United States | Posted: 3:31 AM on 05.13.11 |
->> Small victory, but a victory nonetheless.
Still kind of wondering why these wire services didn't refuse to cover these events long ago. I know that you probably take what you can get especially when it comes to the president, but it could have been stopped earlier if they all refused to shoot re-enactments. |
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Pete Souza, Photographer
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Washington | DC | USA | Posted: 8:10 AM on 05.13.11 |
| ->> Mirrors. There was a misunderstanding in the AP story. The point is that under consideration is using a camera with the mirror locked up, using Live View, to lessen the amount of noise. |
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Jim Colburn, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Sean D. Elliot, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Norwich | CT | USA | Posted: 9:31 AM on 05.13.11 |
->> since nothing has been established there is no reason to assume it will be a single-photographer pool.
I'm also dubious as to how valuable having five lenses on a podium situation really is.
The issue of still photographer access to White House events has been ongoing and needs to be resolved. I see the acknowledgment of this problem as a step in the right direction.
Sean |
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Sean D. Elliot, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Mark Loundy, Photo Editor
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San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 12:21 PM on 05.13.11 |
->> The White House has plenty of mirrors. The problem is that they use smoke with all of them.
--Mark |
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Paul Hayes, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Littleton | NH | USA | Posted: 12:29 PM on 05.13.11 |
| ->> It's still a boring photo op. |
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