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Portraits of Olympians Cause a Big Stink
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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 64148" data-attributes="member: 1061"><p>CBS News published some photos of members of various US Olympics teams on their website, and the masses have risen to say...the photos are crap. Read the original article on PopPhoto <a href="http://www.popphoto.com/news/2012/07/underwhelming-olympic-team-photographs-stir-internet-outrage" target="_blank">here</a>, but several similar articles have been published all over the web. The photos used were by Joe Klamar via Getty Images.</p><p></p><p>Read the article, check out the other links, and definitely check out the photos. Here's my take on it:</p><p></p><p>The photos are pretty bad. Not OMGWTF terrible, but they're definitely not the work of someone who should be labeled a professional portrait photographer in my book. The poses are amateurish, and I've seen better lighting come out of a garage setup. Most of Klamar's work is of the press conference/red carpet/photojournalism variety. He even won <span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">a photo of the year award in 2009 for Czech Press Photo. But it's clear that he's not used to posed portrait work.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">In my opinion, the blame for all of this rests solely on the shoulders of Getty Images. Why on earth would they release these photos to CBS News? Was this guy the only Getty contractor available at the photo shoot? CBS News gets laughed at, the public is outraged, and this photographer's reputation is probably forever ruined. Meanwhile, Getty is sitting pretty as usual, just counting their money in the shadows.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">More proof positive of how despicable stock photo agencies really are. Don't be a sellout, guys. Maintain the rights to your photos, because selling them (or giving them away) to 3rd party stock agencies is just begging for trouble.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 64148, member: 1061"] CBS News published some photos of members of various US Olympics teams on their website, and the masses have risen to say...the photos are crap. Read the original article on PopPhoto [URL="http://www.popphoto.com/news/2012/07/underwhelming-olympic-team-photographs-stir-internet-outrage"]here[/URL], but several similar articles have been published all over the web. The photos used were by Joe Klamar via Getty Images. Read the article, check out the other links, and definitely check out the photos. Here's my take on it: The photos are pretty bad. Not OMGWTF terrible, but they're definitely not the work of someone who should be labeled a professional portrait photographer in my book. The poses are amateurish, and I've seen better lighting come out of a garage setup. Most of Klamar's work is of the press conference/red carpet/photojournalism variety. He even won [FONT=verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000]a photo of the year award in 2009 for Czech Press Photo. But it's clear that he's not used to posed portrait work. In my opinion, the blame for all of this rests solely on the shoulders of Getty Images. Why on earth would they release these photos to CBS News? Was this guy the only Getty contractor available at the photo shoot? CBS News gets laughed at, the public is outraged, and this photographer's reputation is probably forever ruined. Meanwhile, Getty is sitting pretty as usual, just counting their money in the shadows. More proof positive of how despicable stock photo agencies really are. Don't be a sellout, guys. Maintain the rights to your photos, because selling them (or giving them away) to 3rd party stock agencies is just begging for trouble.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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