On Newspaper Photography

Mike Davis is a long-time, very talented, photo editor. He blogs regularly about photography and is worth reading.

In this post he talks about the limits of the average newspaper photograph and offers some great suggestions at the end of the post:

“But you are…in charge of what happens when you raise the camera. … you can be free to explore your potential as a photographer… you can find interesting images in almost any situation – or not, depending on your attitude and abilities. Attitudes are easy to change – if you want to – and ability can be developed…

So give yourself a gift. See things you didn’t, go beyond what the assignment sheet says and defeat the bulleted points above. For yourself.”