Originally posted by Punkie
Ok i know wat you mean now that you pointed it out. But that wasnt my intention. I am a baby in photography and that fact alone, the real PROS given half a brain wouldnt be bothered with wat i say. Let alone come after me. 
I was talking rubbish perhaps.
of course i know u don't mean it, but it doesn't excuse you if u have inadverdently implied something that isn't quite true (which u have). need to be responsible for wat u say u know? ;p even if u're new to photography......
Once again correct me if i am wrong, photojournalism is an art of capturing the right moment in that split second. Creativity wise, you have it, you have it. You dont, you dont. Once again thats IMHO.
nope....afraid u're wrong. photojournalism is about telling a story with your pictures. Of course capturing the right moments matter too, but that's not the crux of it. A beautiful picture isn't photojournalism either, if it failed to convey the intended message or to tell the story of wat happend.
and why isn't creativity needed in this aspect? the creative process starts from conceptualising how u want to shoot to tell the story, especially if u're doing a photo essay or photo documentary of a place or culture. You need creative ideas to think of angles to shoot where no one else will have the same picture. You need creative juices to flow when you are looking for icons or symbols in your picture that will represent the story angle that you want.
even after the shoot ends, your creativity is still needed to select the best pictures that tell the story and file them / send them. You may want to crop a little. You may need to toss away nice pictures that don't really work in the context of the story. If you're fortunate, you may be working in a paper that allows you the latitude of working out the layout with the picture editor and at least get your say on how to arrange the pictures and which to leave out.
Even if it's a simple social party shoot required of the photojournalist, creativity is still needed to make the pictures stand out from the ordinary.
And may i ask you something? You think its fair to compare Mr. Lim with those big names you've mentioned? Seriously, you are completely wrong with my view of photojournalism.
who's comparing Mr Lim? I'm responding directly to your implication that photojournalism does not require much creativity, a point which you have just re-stated in your reply (see above). I don't think i'm misunderstanding you, am i?
Some of them are just pure brilliance. Ami Vitale is one of my favorite. Check her out if you havent already.
will do.
For the sake of this forum. It started off from a very friendly and harmless note, dont let it end up having it flamed with arguements and such. PM me if you must
for the sake of this forum, i'm pointing out your misconceptions, which could mislead others.
and pls don't take corrections as flames. Nobody is flaming you. This is still a cordial and friendly discussion
