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Here are some pics my wife shot at the Obama Rally in St. Louis. She is not a trained photographer. She shot these with the Rebel XT, 18-55 kit lens and 75-300 4-5.6 III non IS. She even had the aperture as low as f45 some times lol. From what I could tell, it looked like she had the camera on A-dep for a lot of the day but still managed to luck up on some shots. I did some processing on these but not a lot.

So I got her permission to post these here and I just wanted to know what everyone thought about how she did covering the event as a amatuer photojournalist.

Please do not turn this into a political debate. That is not why I'm posting this.

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Oct 26, 2008 at 05:40 PM

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p.1 #2 · Non Photog's pics from Obama Rally

Obama is totally going to win.

Nice pics as well.

Oct 26, 2008 at 07:04 PM

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p.1 #3 · Non Photog's pics from Obama Rally

Thanks. Please remember this thread isn't about who's going to win.

Oct 26, 2008 at 08:40 PM

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p.1 #4 · Non Photog's pics from Obama Rally

nice images...please please let's not turn this thread into a political one...

Oct 27, 2008 at 02:48 AM

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Jerren wrote:
Please do not turn this into a political debate. That is not why I'm posting this.

tedrzz wrote:
Obama is totally going to win.

<shakes head, wondering how people can't read simple statements>

Oct 27, 2008 at 07:29 AM

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p.1 #6 · Non Photog's pics from Obama Rally

From a photojournalistic viewpoint, I think they're outstanding pics. The Saved.com pic is a little OOF...my favorite is #12 with the security detail on the roof in sillouhette.

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Oct 27, 2008 at 01:19 PM

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p.1 #7 · Non Photog's pics from Obama Rally

Yah I realize the save.com pic is OOF, but I still felt it had a nice pj quality to it still as it showed some of the other types of people that were there. There were some anti-abortion people who had some signs with really graphic images on them. She stayed away from them though since she had our kids with her.

Oct 27, 2008 at 01:41 PM

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miccullen wrote:
Jerren wrote:
Please do not turn this into a political debate. That is not why I'm posting this.

tedrzz wrote:
Obama is totally going to win.

<shakes head, wondering how people can't read simple statements>

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Oct 27, 2008 at 04:33 PM

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p.1 #9 · Non Photog's pics from Obama Rally

Looks like there are some things you did not know about your wife... she has some skills- or at least a good eye.

Thanks for the post.

Oct 27, 2008 at 09:57 PM

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p.1 #10 · Non Photog's pics from Obama Rally

Save.com is camera shake, not OOF. My fav is the sky with the media platform.

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Oct 27, 2008 at 10:22 PM

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p.1 #11 · Non Photog's pics from Obama Rally

in my opinion, #9 is very strong and powerful photography. very well captured, great composition, probably the best shot for me I have seen from US elections. #10 is interesting too.

Oct 27, 2008 at 10:41 PM

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p.1 #12 · Non Photog's pics from Obama Rally

Great PJ pix!!

Oct 27, 2008 at 10:46 PM

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p.1 #13 · Non Photog's pics from Obama Rally

I don't have $20k in equipment. You don't need $20k in gear to take good pics.

Having said that, it's about doing the best with what you have. It's looking like she has a good eye, and encourage her to keep shooting!

Oct 28, 2008 at 03:01 AM

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p.1 #14 · Non Photog's pics from Obama Rally

change the title. your wife *is* a photographer.

Oct 28, 2008 at 01:59 PM

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I don't think these are very good, lots of chopped heads, focus problems, images that have nothing to do with people? I'm not seeing a theme either. May be good for your scrap book, but don't understand why you posted them here

Oct 28, 2008 at 02:02 PM

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Ed Peters wrote:
I don't think these are very good, lots of chopped heads, focus problems, images that have nothing to do with people? I'm not seeing a theme either. May be good for your scrap book, but don't understand why you posted them here

Images that have nothing to do with people? Every image has people in them. And maybe you should stop and read the original post again because I think I did a fair job explaining why I posted the images here. Or maybe its just to early in the morning for you and you need your Wheaties and Coffee.

The theme I see here is I think she did a reasonably decent job documenting the rally and showing all the different types of people who make up this country. Especially for someone who didn't know that the 18-55 zoomed. lol.

Oct 28, 2008 at 02:59 PM

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Ed Peters wrote:
I don't think these are very good, lots of chopped heads....

What's wrong with chopped heads? This was shot by James Nachtwey, arguably the greatest war photographer of all time.

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Ed Peters wrote:
I don't think these are very good,...focus problems...

Seems like the focus was missed on this shot too, and this was shot by one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century.

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My point behind posting these was not to start a war, but to show the the technical side of photography is not the only criteria to judge a photograph on. If that was the case, we would all be missing out on a lot of great photos.

Personally I enjoyed the photos of the Obama rally, and the photo of the people watching on the elevated platform works well within the context of the other images you posted.

Oct 29, 2008 at 02:57 PM

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p.1 #18 · Non Photog's pics from Obama Rally

I liked them too, and I think you did a good job with the post work.

Oct 29, 2008 at 06:12 PM

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p.1 #19 · Non Photog's pics from Obama Rally

I'd say for a non-photog, she did a damn good job, she's probably been watching your work and picked up ideas along the way, my girlfriend is the same way, she doesn't shoot much but when she does she surprises me ;-)

Nice set, good job, the rally looked pretty well attended.

Nov 06, 2008 at 06:40 PM

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p.1 #20 · Non Photog's pics from Obama Rally

Viewing a set of photos is refreshing because its a reminder of why most of us first picked up a camera: to record and freeze those slices of life that resonate with us. The more skilled we get at the craft aspects the more we tend to self-edit what we shoot based on technical considerations.

Chuck

Nov 06, 2008 at 07:05 PM

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