Another BusinessWeek shoot I did months ago finally showed up in the mail. They only publish this magazine every 8 weeks so I expected it to take awhile.
The one they chose wasn't my favorite shot of the bunch, however did they use it double spread which is exciting! My choice from the selects is also below.
The one they chose wasn't my favorite shot of the bunch, however did they use it double spread which is exciting! My choice from the selects is also below.
Bill, we don't know each other (I stumbled over here to check you out after I saw we both had stuff in that issue of SmallBiz), but we work for the same people and I doubt they would appreciate the tone of the above comment. If you liked the second portrait better and want to show it on your blog, that's totally Kool & the Gang, but just show it...never say your photo editor chose the 'wrong' shot! If you felt the horizontal wasn't good enough, you shouldn't have given it to them in the first place. And besides...you're getting a much larger space check for the double-truck than you would have for a single page! As for 'tinting' the background, I could be wrong, but I suspect it was done to match her clothing to make a more monochromatic palate so that dropping type over the shot would work better. But again, the magazine is always allow to retouch your image as they see fit. Complaining about it on your blog can never be good.....I'm just sayin'.....
BT
Hi Trent-
I understand your comments and point taken. That said,I never said they chose the WRONG image, and indeed it was one of the only landscape shots. So if they wanted landscape, they chose the right one, I just said it wasn't my favorite shot.
I don't think they could be offended by that. It's just an observation and personal preference, no malice intended.
Ha, re-read my text and you're right, it sounded snooty, though it wasn't intended that way. I've re-written.
That said, the blue tint thing I just found odd. All of the other work I've done for them has run as-is. Of course, the magazine has the 'right' to do what they will to the pictures, but I wouldn't have minded a heads-up and maybe the option of them asking me to do the tinting. The blue is no big deal, I kinda like it, and I certainly get it in the context of the navigation lines and type they used. However, I think it does open up the bigger question of how much leeway a client ultimately has with your work.
Pushing it to the extreme example would be if a client cut up your images into a collage, and did a bad job putting one head on another body, and you disagreed with it but it still had your name beneath it. Some people might find that professionally damaging, etc.
Maybe it's a philosophical question of how far they can edit before it's not really your picture anymore. Again, not really about this image, but it is an interesting concept.
I came across this article and thought you might be interested in it too. (and perhaps you've already read it?)
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/essay-9/
Thanks Diane-
Actually I did see that this morning.. I went and commented too. People take all that way too seriously..