The recent portfolio project I completed on the volunteer freediver at the Oregon Coast Aquarium has me some what confused and to a certain extent, frustrated and discouraged as to which version of the story is so called “correct”.

When I completed the first version, some critiques said I should have added an audio narration to introduce the story.  So I revised it to reflect those recommendations.

Now it seems that those who liked my first version feel I should have left it the way it was and just edited out in a few areas to tighten up the story.

I should state that I asked those both in TV and in newspaper to add their insights and it is interesting to note that the TV critiques prefer the first version, while the newspaper people prefer the second version – with each coming back and saying how they prefer or don’t prefer based upon their original comments on the project.

As someone who comes from print media as a still photographer, and now seriously venturing into the realm of video, I find it frustrating that there is a fair amount of disparity between the different styles for videojournalism.  The TV people like things done the way they have always been done – newspaper people are taking a different approach, yet both seem to be valid.

The challenge for yours truly is finding some form of middle ground that reflects both and yet, still gives a unique vision for the projects I develop shooting in this Solo VJ paradigm.

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