[mplpost] Photography

[Jesse Kumagai]

Ah Richard...

I'm not sure if I'm just playing Devil's advocate here, but I have some 
differing opinions (while I defer to your experience, 'tis fun to heckle).


>1) Try to have a horizontal image, rather than a square one or a vertical 
>one - horizontal images get more newspaper space!

Take a look at a newspaper, magazine, festival programme book, etc.  You'll 
find that people DO in fact have and use vertical pics.  Two arguments here:

a) if the graphic designer is trying to decide which photo to run, and 
space is an issue, you may drop out in favour of another shot.
b) when was the last time a journalist called to say "Because of your 
lovely horizontal image, I've decided to write more copy - can you tell me 
what you had for breakfast?"

My suggestion is this: 8x10 with two smaller images - one vertical, one 
horizontal.  That way, the designer has a choice.  It'll cost a few bucks 
more to set up, but once you have a negative it'll cost the same to print.

>9) Aim, in your black and white shots, for good contrast - black and 
>white, not grey!

Throw out your B&W shots - they're for old folks.  The same contrast rule 
applies, but with a judiciously shot colour photo, you are once again 
providing the end user with a choice, increasing the likelihood your 
smiling face will end up in the programme / paper / website / poster / etc.

And just a general comment on digital imagery - get as many pixels in there 
as you can.  When we're talking hi-res, we're talking megapixels - lots of 
them.  While it may be easier to email small files, you're shooting 
yourself in the foot if you expect people to use the same image file used 
on your website.

Jesse Kumagai
Administrative Coordinator, Music
Harbourfront Centre
Tel.  416 973 3735
Fax. 416 973 8729
mailto:jesse@harbourfront.on.ca
http://www.harbourfront.on.ca
235 Queens Quay West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada  M5J 2G8

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