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ok i just want to see what some of you would say about this scenario

You are in Miami. There is chaos and severe flooding all around
caused by a hurricane. This is a flood of biblical proportions.

You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper, and
you're caught in the middle of this epic disaster, and the situation is
nearly hopeless. You're trying to shoot career-making photos. There are
houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water. Nature is unleashing all of its destructive fury.

Suddenly you see a man floundering in the water. He is fighting
for his life, trying not to be taken down with the debris. You move
closer...somehow the man looks familiar. You suddenly realize who
it is. It's George W. Bush! At the same time you notice that the
raging waters are about to pull him under.

You have two options: you can save the life of G.W. Bush or you
can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the
death of one of the world's most powerful men.

So here's the question, and please give an honest answer:

Would you select high contrast color film, or would you go with
the classic simplicity of black and white?

I'd save him. Simple as that.

High contrast color film, although black and white would give it that dramatic effect.

definitely high contrast color

High contrast. To capture the "NOOOO!!!" effect.

Black and White, and then I'd develop it so it came out in higher contrast

Black and white probably.

Helps people focus more on the whole picture than different parts of it.

Although that can be a good thing.

-AC

i'd save him...i'd rather be known for saving the presidents life than taking a picture of him dying

Save him...but if it was Osama Bin Landen I'll take the snap shot and collect the prize.

Originally posted by WindDancer
Save him...but if it was Osama Bin Landen I'll take the snap shot and collect the prize.

Thats great, but that has nothing to do with the question.

Black and white.... then I'd put a cartoon caption bubble above him that says "glub" ......

id get away... last year we lost our house in port charollete .. now we live about 30 min. from miami

High Contrast 100%...I could zoom in and get his face all messed up agony and hopelessness up close in detail even, and then watch it as pours in all over the news stations.

i never asked about saving him

Originally posted by hh?
You have two options: you can save the life of G.W. Bush or you
can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the
death of one of the world's most powerful men.

you people who want to save him are literally nuts! Bush is gonna make matters worse. he is no where to making the issue better..............I would still go with the Hight contrast. yes

Originally posted by Raven Guardia
you people who want to save him are literally nuts! Bush is gonna make matters worse. he is no where to making the issue better..............I would still go with the Hight contrast. yes
i agree but i could never watch someone die and not do anything

Originally posted by xLiNdS x 622x


oops forgot to fix that part

Originally posted by xLiNdS x 622x
i agree but i could never watch someone die and not do anything

me neither.... but I think I could make an exception in his case...

Originally posted by xLiNdS x 622x
i agree but i could never watch someone die and not do anything

but either way he is dieing...question was highcontrast or black and white.

i nkow but you said the people who would save him are nuts

Originally posted by xLiNdS x 622x
i agree but i could never watch someone die and not do anything

Agreed. And I'm sure everybody here would save him.

Originally posted by hh?

You have two options: you can save the life of G.W. Bush or you
can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the
death of one of the world's most powerful men.


We had two options to choose from.

Originally posted by xLiNdS x 622x
i nkow but you said the people who would save him are nuts

put this way, I wouldnt him die either. even though I cant stand him, he is still a leaving breathinh human being with feelings and thougts...I would just make it so he wouldnt president again...anyone who saves him and puts him back in office is nuts...is that better?

I would go for color. Usually with television news or even newspapers you want to use color because that is what the actual human eye sees, unless you are blind or colorblind. One of the golden rules to shooting pictures for news media is to keep your lens wide and move closer to the subject instead of zooming in, because the human eye cannot zoom in. Of course there are always exceptions.

Originally posted by hh?
ok i just want to see what some of you would say about this scenario

You are in Miami. There is chaos and severe flooding all around
caused by a hurricane. This is a flood of biblical proportions.

You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper, and
you're caught in the middle of this epic disaster, and the situation is
nearly hopeless. You're trying to shoot career-making photos. There are
houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water. Nature is unleashing all of its destructive fury.

Suddenly you see a man floundering in the water. He is fighting
for his life, trying not to be taken down with the debris. You move
closer...somehow the man looks familiar. You suddenly realize who
it is. It's George W. Bush! At the same time you notice that the
raging waters are about to pull him under.

You have two options: you can save the life of G.W. Bush or you
can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the
death of one of the world's most powerful men.

So here's the question, and please give an honest answer:

Would you select high contrast color film, or would you go with
the classic simplicity of black and white?


I'd go with color, cause black and white tends to raise scepticism on the shadowing. However with the new age technology and what not, color gives it a fifty/fifty chance. So I'd go with color, that way you can see the person you were taking the picture from....but that's just me

Originally posted by hh?
ok i just want to see what some of you would say about this scenario

You are in Miami. There is chaos and severe flooding all around
caused by a hurricane. This is a flood of biblical proportions.

You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper, and
you're caught in the middle of this epic disaster, and the situation is
nearly hopeless. You're trying to shoot career-making photos. There are
houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water. Nature is unleashing all of its destructive fury.

Suddenly you see a man floundering in the water. He is fighting
for his life, trying not to be taken down with the debris. You move
closer...somehow the man looks familiar. You suddenly realize who
it is. It's George W. Bush! At the same time you notice that the
raging waters are about to pull him under.

You have two options: you can save the life of G.W. Bush or you
can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the
death of one of the world's most powerful men.

So here's the question, and please give an honest answer:

Would you select high contrast color film, or would you go with
the classic simplicity of black and white?


Color. Black and white seems more dramatic and therefore fitting for somebody dying, but I'd never give that bastard the honor of having a beautiful, dramatic photo of the moment before his death.

Originally posted by Darth Revan
Color. Black and white seems more dramatic and therefore fitting for somebody dying, but I'd never give that bastard the honor of having a beautiful, dramatic photo of the moment before his death.

Originally posted by Raven Guardia
put this way, I wouldnt him die either. even though I cant stand him, he is still a leaving breathinh human being with feelings and thougts...I would just make it so he wouldnt president again...anyone who saves him and puts him back in office is nuts...is that better?

Hmm... President nearly dies, but is saved by random passer-by. No matter how close he comes to death, he IS still in office. You can't simply decide you don't want him to be the President anymore, Ms. Random Passer-By. Valient, but unrealistic.