Doesn’t matter when the photo was made … current … old … whatever.
Because, in my opinion, street is pure and real … and I felt that so many people were faking their non-film street phtographs, we have elected to make it mandatory and compulsory for photographers submitting entries and having used Photoshop to “edit” their entry to turn on DETAILED HISTORY LOGGING. Here’s what it looks like in Photo-Chop…
On a Mac it’s Photoshop > Preferences > General > History Log > Save Log Items to Metadata > Detailed. Dunno what it is on a PC but I would think that intrepid pc-using photographers can figure it out.
Seeing as how most using it are using a boot-legged version. No, we haven’t not included anything about if you have edited with Aperture or other non-destructive programmes such as LightRoom. Yes, I know there are plug-in’s available. I don’t feel enough people use either of them and even if they did, there’s not a whole hell of a lot one can do to dramatically alter the photograph.
Since the AP and Getty appear to trust their photographers, I’ve never had to deal with the History Log. It would appear Reuters requires their photographers to turn on the History Log on every photograph sent to the picture desk. Yeah, it’s a pain in the ass but I think it’s good Reuters does it.
Honestly, I think anyone posting anything anwhere (e.g., here on dA, uber, flickr and all of the other sites) should at the very least include their exif metadata. And … if they’re shooting “the preferred medium” they list how the photograph was made. I’ve always done that hoping that photographers trying to figure shit out … can look at this data and perhaps see how to do things for themselves if they didn’t already. I’m just here to help.
See … I’m not saying erdalkinaci did anything or didn’t do anything. I do think it’s odd that the NatGeo 2006 International Photography Contest Winner’s Page … is gone . 2007 is still up. Yet … the NatGeo page with more information on Erdal is gone. Interesting.
I think it’s also interesting that he doesn’t include any of his metadata information in his dA gallery. I’m not saying his work isn’t beautiful, at least some of it, I’m just saying that some of it … like this one … something’s off. Unless he was using a tllt-shift.
But we wouldn’t know that because he hides his exif metadata. Bet NatGeo didn’t require their submitting photographers to not only submit their entry though their site contest page but ALSO send an email with their submission as well including the history log.
Yeah, I know sneaky photographers can fake it. Whatever.
I’m not saying Erdal did or did not do anything, actually. I’m just saying that … I’m not going to put a faked photo in front of the judges I’ve gotten to look at the submissions:
Ben Roberts - Photographer - United Kingdom
Bill Pierce - Legendary Photojournalist - United States
Severin Koller - Photographer and Favourite Among dA Admins.
- AustriaChris Weeks - Photographer - United States
Nhat Nguyen - Photographer - United States
Patrick Kahn - Art Director - United States
Laith Majali - Photographer/Editor - Amman, Jordan
Hossein Farmani - Founder of the LUCIE Awards - United States and Europe
Elinor Scott-Sutter - Photographer - United States
Besides being able to hook up a cool prize … I like getting people’s work in front of people from the “real world of photography” and not just something online. Ya’ know … the real world where emo-photography doesn’t really exist. Where … pageviews don’t really mean shit … and really have nothing to do with making a nice photo.
So … I hope to see some amazing street photographs! Film or digital … whatever. I guess someone by now can see that I’m not interested in seeing some sneaky photo-montage masquerading as street or photojournalism.
And, as always, thank you guys for the comments, the faves, the devwatches, etc., etc. I may not be active here but I still lurk my friend’s journals and their deviations.
Good luck everyone. Check my blog for more information about the contest.
Cheers from Los Angeles!
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