Idiots guide to Reportedge™ part 1
I shoot most of my Reportedge™ from the back of the mobile glamour unit using massive telephoto lenses. A 2000mm with 2 times converter will usually suffice. I find that most Churches handily reserve a space for me to park right outside the gate and I get Muktar to open up both doors giving me the perfect view right down the aisle. The advantages of shooting from the car should be obvious: you can listen to the football rather than the hymns; you can smoke: you don't have to talk to anybody. The only real disadvantage is that you can sometimes end up shooting the wrong wedding but that was Muktar's fault. He was driving that particular day, because I was too drunk.
When you get to the reception you should switch to a 8mm Fisheyes lens. Wedding receptions are not nearly as dangerous as large dawn beach landings and the Fisheyes will allow you to keep close to the booze waiters. Capa would have done it this way - he loved a bit of booze.
Next week part 2- How to dress for Reportedge™ camouflage and other concealment techniques.
Also coming soon - available for download - Derek Pye's custom photoshop actions, including the 'add confetti to any image' action and a full tutorial on creating the 'no unicorn' Mistike™ shot.
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Anonymous
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Anony
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Anonymous
I have made £100,000 this year from my reportedge photography business. I want to invest some of my easily earned money into equipment and would like your advice.
At present I have one of those Canon thingy-me-bobs with a white lens. You know, like you see th press guys with on TV news. I'm thinking about buying an even bigger white lens thingy like the ones you see on broomsticks at sports events.
Please tell me what I should buy in order to be in the same league as yourself.
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Anony
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Anonymous
How about a "life stile shoot" ? perhaps involving personal artillery to remove those annoying things you have to climb over between muddy fields?
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Anon
For successful Craportage you will need:
1. A wizzy new DSLR
2. No clue how it works, how to make an accurate exposure or any idea about
colour temperature or anything technical at all
3. To take pictures of everything that moves and plenty that does not. Keep
your finger on the button long enough and something is bound to come out.
4. To revel in all that is hackneyed, cliched, dated, naff and just plain horrible.
An image can never be too cheesy! (Adopt this as your mantra.)
5. To be colour blind yet determined to do all your own digital D&P. (Colour
profiling? - That's a colour shot of someone stood sideways!) After all how
will you recover the investment otherwise?
These are the Five Golden Rules of Craportage. A nice finishing touch for the
wealthier client is to send off the carefully masacred files to that Italian
company so they can turn them all into a book of breathtaking tastelessness
at vast expense.
The Craportage phenomenon is here and brings rich rewards to its
practitioners and awards too. I saw plenty at the MPA bash last year. More
cheese please.
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Snowman
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Snowman
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Jake D
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