Tech Talk – Page 2 – Visual Journalism

January 1, 2020

Transmitting History

We think it so common now – make a photo, two or three clicks later it’s shared around the world. There’s an entire generation who doesn’t even understand the idea of having to wait to see your own photos, let alone having to wait to see news photos from around the world. But 85 years ago today, the Associated Press...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 2, 2019

The Importance of Design in Cameras

The designed Luigi Colani died recently. While that New York Times obit deals with many things, it doesn’t do justice to the work he did with Canon in the 1980s – he is credited with the design of the T90, the first truly modern SLR camera. Look at that camera – introduced in 1986, almost every DSLR of today owes...

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

September 20, 2019

And We’re Back …

After being down for a month (long story and, while I gravitate towards long stories, I really don’t want to talk about this one), Visual Journalism is back up and running. Mostly. We did lose all of the Category assignments for the last 12 years worth of posts. Hoping we can recover them, but I think that may be a...

Journalism/Tech Talk

August 6, 2019

Photographing Apollo 11

This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen online, if you’re a space geek, you’re about to lose part of your morning.

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 21, 2018

Inside the Canon EOS R

Sometimes, I really want to take things apart … then I remember I would be responsible for putting them back together. Which makes me happy when Roger Cicala at LensRentals.com does it. They last camera I disassembled was an all-mechanical Nikon, things have changed.

Business & Industry/Tech Talk

April 19, 2018

Printing Out of Time

My darkroom days are, thankfully, in the past. I was never enamored with the process of photography, it was the message and meaning of an image I fell in love with. The ability to bring someone somewhere, to let them bear witness. That said, I do appreciate the work of masters in the craft and the Cibachrome prints of Christopher...

Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

February 24, 2018

Automating the Copyright Infringement Search

Steven Melendez at FastCompany has an interesting piece up on two companies – Copypants and Pixsy – that are automating the search for copyright infringements online. The technology (similar to Google’s and TinEye’s reverse image search) has the potential to be a powerful way to control how our images are used. The danger comes from how the process moves forward...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

September 29, 2017

This Is Why I Can’t Have Nice Things …

I would be just like Roger Cicala at LensRentals.com. Where are my screwdrivers …

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

July 6, 2017

Nerd Alert: Filter Testing

So how much light does your filter transmit? How much should it? What about the people who say they don’t use filters because it degrades the image? Many answers in Roger Cicala’s giant test of lens filters. And, of course, many more questions …

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

March 12, 2017

Time Check

Now that you’ve finished going through the Sunday papers, haul out your cameras and get those time stamps updated.

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