How about crediting the photographer?
Josh has this shot up currently on TPM, and it's a nice composition. Now, I think the exposure is off, and I question why the photographer shot at 400 ISO instead of something higher, which the 5D is fully capable. By shooting at 400 ISO, it's both underexposed and a little shaky. But despite all that, it is a nice shot.
So how do I know all that? Well, it turns out I've seen the photo (as many of you have) on Flickr, and I've embedded that photo below. While the photographer and Barack will certainly be pleased to see the photo shared widely, I think that TPM should always strive to properly credit the photographer when there is a photo that they deem newsworthy enough or interesting enough to feature on their widely-read website. Many might want to personally thank David Katz for taking the photo, or even ask if he could shoot events for them, or maybe buy photos. I have no idea. But even if credit is not required (and based on the CC license on Flickr, it appears that credit is required), it is always appropriate to note the person behind the lens.
And this isn't the first time I've seen uncredited photographs on the TPM family of site. In another example, TPM reader DF posted a blog entry on TPM Cafe that included a qyadtych of an election night scene, and never mentioned who took the picture. I am an active photographer, and understand that the photos will travel far & wide once published on the internet, and that's fine with me, to a degree. But seeing photographs used on a site like TPM without attribution does not give the photographer the credit he or she undoubtedly deserves.
So how do I know all that? Well, it turns out I've seen the photo (as many of you have) on Flickr, and I've embedded that photo below. While the photographer and Barack will certainly be pleased to see the photo shared widely, I think that TPM should always strive to properly credit the photographer when there is a photo that they deem newsworthy enough or interesting enough to feature on their widely-read website. Many might want to personally thank David Katz for taking the photo, or even ask if he could shoot events for them, or maybe buy photos. I have no idea. But even if credit is not required (and based on the CC license on Flickr, it appears that credit is required), it is always appropriate to note the person behind the lens.
And this isn't the first time I've seen uncredited photographs on the TPM family of site. In another example, TPM reader DF posted a blog entry on TPM Cafe that included a qyadtych of an election night scene, and never mentioned who took the picture. I am an active photographer, and understand that the photos will travel far & wide once published on the internet, and that's fine with me, to a degree. But seeing photographs used on a site like TPM without attribution does not give the photographer the credit he or she undoubtedly deserves.
