Eli Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 I know what you mean, that goes for pretty much everything. Buying really expensive scetch books and pencils doesn't make you a good artist, and you need to know the techniques. I learned a lot from that quick lesson I got last year, but it was mostly the basic thing you need to take newspaper-pics, like being aware of lines in the background, flashlight and colour (especially ceiling-colours) and things like that. It wasn't that much, but it's really useful, and it made me realise how many journalists are BAD photographers (even in the bigger papers). I'm not a very good photographer, but I have a few photos that I think turned out pretty okay. Not half as good as yours (of course) though...
MarMar Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 My photos are not good, believe you me. It's amazing how much better results you can get from the basics, and well, the only way to get better is through practice, practice and more practice. There is not a day that goes by that I don't do something photography-related.
Eli Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 You're not a good photographer? Then what am I?! The basics can be really important. When I open the local newspaper I can see immidiately who knows the basics, who doesn't know the basics, and which photos the pro-photographer did She's really amazing (and really nice), some of her photos are just breathtaking! I only take photos on Mondays and Fridays (that's when I'm working ) because the results I get with my own digital camera... I don't want to talk about them
MarMar Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 Lol! I'd be so cool to have a small job in a news-paper, but I know I would never get one here
Guevara01 Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 Try and send your photos to someone. If they reject them (which i doubt) then it doesn't really matter, just try someone else. But i bet you could find a lot of publishers (newspapers or otherwise) who would take on your photos xx
Eli Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 Lol! I'd be so cool to have a small job in a news-paper, but I know I would never get one here I was really lucky, I just walked in and asked for an intership for a few days year (the newspaper had only exsisted for one week) and the editor said yes. And then in June, when my internship ended the editor offered me a job because she liked my writing, so I have been working there twice a week (and some weekends) for six months now. We're not a very big newspaper (the second biggest in the area we're covering I believe, we've already beaten one of the bigger local papers in the area we cover and we're the quickest growing paper in the country You should really try, I was only 15 when I got the job, and I'm not that good a writer, so if I could do it, you can. Trust me. Of course, becoming editor of VG by next week might be a problem, but local newspapers are pretty easy.
MarMar Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 Depends on where you live. Stavanger's pretty crowded at the moment - it's the fastest growing city in the country, and there's lots of journalist-students here
Eli Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 Oh, I guess it's a bit easier here... Elverum is the 50th biggest city in Norway (out of 91, correct me if I'm wrong) and there are three newspapers covering the city. Two of them has their headquarter here (Østlendingen and Lokalavisa Sør-Østerdal), while one of them (Hamar Arbeiderblad) has their second biggest office here. Now Lokalavisa is kind of a "Little sister" to HA, so I write a bit for both of them (even though I'm working for LA) but since LA came last year there has became quite a battle between the newspapers. HA and Østlendingen has always been competeing with each other, and Østlendingen is bigger as Elverum is it's headquarter, but the competition got tougher when a new paper (that's HA-related) was started with headquarter here. It's kind of exciting actually, I never though it would be that much competition between two local papers like that, but there is! So if you want a job in a newspaper, move to Elverum. They will fight to get you (but choose LA, we're much nicer and more friendly than Østlendingen and HA)
Eli Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 I lived in a town for 6 years, but now I live in a city. But only because Elverum became a city in 1996 I've always lived in the same house here in this small city. It's only like 20.000 citizens here, but lately there have happened things that makes you realise we're a city now. And I have to say, if Elverum isn't the stuck-up-rich-snob capital of Norway then God help us all, I don't want to know what is!
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