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Bit of a morbid question this but does anyone know why pictures in the news of people recently deceased are always grainy or of seemingly poor quality? Is this a mark of respect as I can't see any other reason.

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Phil
 
Phil1974 said:
Bit of a morbid question this but does anyone know why pictures in the news of people recently deceased are always grainy or of seemingly poor quality? Is this a mark of respect as I can't see any other reason.

Cheers,
Phil
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cause they were probably free
 
Usually they are lifted from Facebook or similar and interpolated.
 
Probably discreet shots with phones and then as Ed said aboves. Nobody wants to take thier time with a deadbody shot, as most of the ones in the news are places you wouldn't really want to be hanging around...
 
Thanks guys. Anyone else got a definitive answer?
Adam, I didn't actually mean shots of a dead body but rather shots taken previously when the people were still alive. Some of the pictures are probably lifted from websites as previously mentioned but some, in the cases of servicemen and women, were probably given by relatives and friends. Also, in the case of celebrity deaths these pictures are publicity shots or similar.
 
I should imagine they are shots from the web (ie facebook) and point and shoot stuff from the family, heavily cropped in the cases of servicemen / women / police / firefighters etc (though you'd be surprised how many families DONT want to give media photos).

As for celebs, I've not noticed this unless they are old publicity shots.
 
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Have to agree with odd Jim, sometime their just not a high quality enough photo available,before the paper go to press,or their just not one available.
 
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I didn't say the photos were bad, just of seemingly poor quality when seen on tv or in print. The previous posts have suggested the most plausible answers i.e lifted and/or heavily cropped.
Thanks for the replies all.

Phil
 
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