Photographer
Two fridays ago I was hired to work as a photographer for RedBlue magazine (a student production about student life). I’ve waited to post this until I could get a better feel for the job, and well, I’ve been busy reading The Odyssey (I read the first half in two sittings, and I plan to read the last half the same way this week).
I’m really excited to be paid for my photos. It’s not a whole lot of money– $20 to $30 per story, but it’s better than not being paid at all… Or is it?
I’ve been a serious photo hobbiest for two years now. I’ve been able to do whatever I want with my photos–publish them wherever, edit them however. But now I don’t have the publishing rights and I don’t get to edit. Editing/post-processing, with a computer being the digital dark room, is almost half the fun.
But now this has me wondering. In most newsrooms, do the photographers get to do the editing, or does the photo editor (who assigns shoots and selects photos to be published) do the editing?
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I can provide some insight into this since my roommates during freshman year were the photo editor and assistant photo editor of our college paper. From what I gather it’s usually the photo editors and layout editors that alter the photos to fit the story. The way a photo is displayed is very dependent on how the story needs to fit on a page. The photographers themselves hardly ever did any of the editing — then again, most of them didn’t seem to have a lot of know-how in that area. Makes you unique, in that sense
My advice: just become the photo editor!
Kai: Thanks for the insight/advice. I probably would be happier as photo editor… we’ll see.