Monday 17 September 2007

Truth in photos

If you scroll down a bit, you'll find a photo that I took outside our local House of Plod. It's a beer bottle in a brown paper bag, with the Police sign in the background. I reckon it is one of the best photos I have ever taken.

I could have made it better by fiddling with the location of the beer bottle. As it stands, all you can see is the bag, and not the bottle it contains. However, I decided to take the photo as it was, and not mess with it. It's still a powerful photo.

I wonder how many media types could resist the temptation to move the bottle in order to frame the shot a bit better?

I dare say the answer is nil.

Why can't the media just be truthful and accurate about the little things?

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