That's gotta hurt!
When you take Photography 101, one of the first rules is to look at the surroundings when you are shooting a portrait. I learned on the job when I was a small-town reporter. Once, I shot *figuratively, not literally* then Oklahoma State Senator Don Nickles in his office for a story I was doing and I didn't pay attention to this cardinal rule and he looked like he had antlers where I shot him squarely in the middle of some trophy buck on his wall. My editor called me over and said:
Gnarly mean old editor: Look at this picture.
Nubile young reporter: Yeah.
Gnarly mean old editor: What's wrong with this picture?
Nubile young reporter: Uh, I dunno.
Gnarly mean old editor: *rubbing his temples and trying to conceal the laughter* He has horns. Look. He has horns. Now, call him back, tell him what you did. Give him this picture and ask him nicely for another half-hour of his time.
Nubile young reporter: Can't I just tell him that it got messed up in processing?
Gnarly mean old editor: Nope, call him now and tell him the truth. It is a learning experience.
So, I learned the hard way. Apparently this photographer didn't learn the same lesson.
Observe:
My first instinct is to think:
OWWWWWWW!!!!! My hair is on fire!!!!!!
Then, my second thought:
*grunting* Man, I need more fiber in my diet.
*shaking my head* Someone got paid to shoot this.
Gnarly mean old editor: Look at this picture.
Nubile young reporter: Yeah.
Gnarly mean old editor: What's wrong with this picture?
Nubile young reporter: Uh, I dunno.
Gnarly mean old editor: *rubbing his temples and trying to conceal the laughter* He has horns. Look. He has horns. Now, call him back, tell him what you did. Give him this picture and ask him nicely for another half-hour of his time.
Nubile young reporter: Can't I just tell him that it got messed up in processing?
Gnarly mean old editor: Nope, call him now and tell him the truth. It is a learning experience.
So, I learned the hard way. Apparently this photographer didn't learn the same lesson.
Observe:
My first instinct is to think:
OWWWWWWW!!!!! My hair is on fire!!!!!!
Then, my second thought:
*grunting* Man, I need more fiber in my diet.
*shaking my head* Someone got paid to shoot this.
1 Comments:
At 5:34 PM, November 14, 2006, Mo K said…
LOL! What were they thinking?
You'd have fun on V the K's "Caption This" site on my links.
Once in awhile I'll play, posting a caption in comments that I think is worthy and not redundant, but mostly I'll just laff my arse off at some of the lines people come up with. The libs are frequent targets.
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