The 15th UK South-East "Has anyone seen Wayne?" Thread (All Welcome)

[Anke]

Cute piccies, Mike. Welcome to POTN, Stanley

[Anke]

Did everyone see the US Olympic portraits? So bad they are hilarious. Scoot about the net because this link doesn't have the worst

http://www.petapixel.com/2012/07/01/...nder-scrutiny/

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Anke

Did everyone see the US Olympic portraits? So bad they are hilarious. Scoot about the net because this link doesn't have the worst

http://www.petapixel.com/2012/07/01/...nder-scrutiny/

Oh dear, they are a bit on the poor side! I like the torn paper under the gymnast...super attention to detail!

[Mike]

Oh dear...just going through the rest on the CBS website...dreadful, most of them! The only one I like so far is the female shooter. There are some dreadful poses, poor lighting and crap backgrounds. Rubbish!

[felt_tip_felon]

Originally Posted by Mike

Oh dear...just going through the rest on the CBS website...dreadful, most of them! The only one I like so far is the female shooter. There are some dreadful poses, poor lighting and crap backgrounds. Rubbish!

Ooops, they are pretty poor, looks like they've been rushed and not finished...

more than one of them seems like a second light failed to work - I'm surprised these were allowed to see the light of day by the US Olympic panel

[Mike]

Ah, on the CBS site there is more than one photog credited for the shots...it is Joe Klamar's shots that are the truly horrible ones. The shooter I mentioned above was by a different tog.

[felt_tip_felon]

Originally Posted by Mike

Ah, on the CBS site there is more than one photog credited for the shots...it is Joe Klamar's shots that are the truly horrible ones. The shooter I mentioned above was by a different tog.

that makes sense, as some are clearly more 'accomplished' than others... still I'm surprised it was allowed to be such a dire effort

[Anke]

More backdrop fail on this page too

If that "pro" photographer ever gets work again I'll be stunned.

http://fstoppers.com/these-photos-of...ith-the-public

[Matt Peters]

Ahhaaaahahaha.. What the hell? Surely a worthy target for www.youarenotaphotographer.com lol

[felt_tip_felon]

more insight here...

looks like it was an event for photographers of all levels to shoot the US team at some kind of expo and they are unedited images?!

[Jonathan]

Originally Posted by Matt Peters

Ahhaaaahahaha.. What the hell? Surely a worthy target for www.youarenotaphotographer.com lol

I tend to agree with this quote from that site:

"The thing to realize here is that Joe Klamar is not a portrait photographer. He is a well known and experienced sports and action photographer. These images were taken during the Olympic Media Summit during which photographers from various agencies had access to the athletes to photograph them. You can see portraits by Reuters and AP Photogaphers as well as other portraits by Joe here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/spo.... These media days are very hectic and photogs have very limited time to make a portait with an athlete. Should Joe have done a better job? Absolutely, but since none of us where there we don't know what happened that caused his seamless backdrop to be ripped or what other challenges he may have faced."

I think before we lay into this guy too much we should ask ourselves 2 questions:

1. Do I know the full circumstances surrounding these shots?

2. Has the quality of my own photography ever lead to me being offered a job such as Agence France Presse's chief photographer?

If you answered no to any of these questions, maybe a little more modesty would be in order?

EDIT: His website http://www.czechphotogallery.cz/en/klamar2011.html

[Pete]

Well said, Jonathan.

[Mike]

Ah...I consider myself duly told off.

They're still a bit rubbish though...

[Jonathan]

Originally Posted by Mike

Ah...I consider myself duly told off.

They're still a bit rubbish though...

I saw that!

LMAO - It's the naughty step for you Green

[Mike]

Who else is fed up with the 50 shades of grey hype?

grey.jpg