Writers and Photographers

Today marked the end of the print version of the Seattle P-I. A sad day for all of us in the Pacific NW. Lots have been written (kind of ironic, isn't it) about the demise of the paper. But I wanted to add one thought. A surviving member of the P-I staff that will now be working on the on-line version of the P-I stated that she couldn't wait to become a better photographer now that she had to take any photos related to her writing. Hmm. They should have kept a couple of photographers around who, with a little time, could have learned to become better writers! Professional photographers are getting a bum rap these days - it still takes more than just a cell phone camera to take a moving photograph. Skill still counts. Or at least it should.