AV News 178 - November 2009
Letters
AV Queries
Melanie Chalk
In recent years I have become an AV enthusiast. One of my friends in my
local camera club encouraged me to have a go and I became hooked. He
gives me plenty of encouragement, advice and critique. I have entered
competitions at club level and also County and Nationals with some
successes. My mentor had learnt his methods via the slide and tape route
but I have only known the "easy way", digital.
I would like some clarification on various points from you, the experts and
an authority on the subject of all things AV. I know and have studied the
guidelines laid down by the RPS and PAGB but there are some "grey" areas
and differences of opinion on other points that I would like your views on.
When entering a competition, there is an opportunity to write down ones
source of music etc on the entry form and if the entry is a personal one or
made in conjunction with another person. At what stage is this information
read by the Judge?
I have read varying reports about the percentage of images that should be
taken by the photographer him/herself. Should it be 95%? People having
watched one of my sequences, have refused to critique it, as I readily
admitted that I had used images from newspapers and magazines,
rephotographed by me and images from the internet. How else could I
photograph President George Bush? He was an absolute necessity in my AV
on the "Credit Crunch". What is the thinking on this?
With the ease at which these images can be viewed and downloaded,
even with permission granted for their use, it is hard to resist, if it is just the
image you need. I was very interested to read in the last issue of AV News
that Eddie Spence had sourced images from the internet in his winning
sequence "Isadora's Legacy".
I am of course not suggesting that all or a majority of the images used
should be sourced this way but if any are used should they be itemised on
your entry form? With an historical subject for instance, for me, w