Classics by the Beach: Sunday the 2nd of June, 2019
Pro-photographers have their specialities, as do members of any occupational group. Some of my colleagues shoot glamour (oh how I wish!), others work for the press, cover weddings, do wilderness work or even take school portraits (poor bastards!!). Plenty more no longer take photos at all, especially since the clever buggers at Apple and Samsung created almost foolproof mobile phone cameras that rendered the professional all but redundant. As a forensic photographer, I'm well used to faecal weather, less-than-ideal lighting (to the point of pitch-blackness) and any number of other hazards and complications that would send your average studio-based lens-person into a frenzy of quarter-stop bracketing and post-production with the software du jour. Fortunately, a forensic photographer will get you a useable image - every time, in any conditions - guaranteed! (Notwithstanding the odd water spot on the lens.) And ...