Author: Mark E. Johnson

June 6, 2012

When to Step In, When to Shoot

Lauren Pond has a piece up at the Washington Post titled, “Why I watched a snake-handling pastor die for his faith.” Well worth the read, and then some deep thought about what our responsibility is to our subjects.

Categories Ethics & Legal

June 6, 2012

Covering Court from the Outside

Over at The New York Times’ Lens blog, Kim Severson gives us a glimpse into what covering the John Edwards trial in North Carolina was like. And it wasn’t pretty – no cameras were allowed during the six-week long trial, so the media had to set up camp outside the courthouse and wait. I have done the so-called “perp walk”...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

June 6, 2012

More FSA Images Found at the New York Public Library

Over at The New York Times’ Lens blog, James Estrin has the story behind a trove of Farm Securities Administration images Roy Stryker sent to the New York Public Library. Why? It turns out Stryker was as paranoid as I am: “I think he had to hedge his bets,” said Beverly Brannan, a curator at the Library of Congress and...

Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

June 6, 2012

50 Tips in 15 Minutes

Not completely safe for work, but over at DigitalRev, they’ve got 50 photo tips in under 15 minutes. I disagree with a few, but this is not a bad place to point someone who is just starting out. (Thanks to Jill P. Mott for the lead.)

Categories Journalism

June 5, 2012

Webinar Today: What Photo Buyers Want

Photoshelter has a webinar coming up this afternoon (4 p.m. Eastern) with National Geographic’s Senior Photo Editor Elizabeth Krist on What Photo Buyers Want. It’s free, but you should register as soon as you can.

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

June 5, 2012

New Alexia Foundation Site is Live

Wow … the new web site for the Alexia Foundation is up and it looks awesome. Well worth spending some time there.

Categories Competitions/Journalism/Photojournalism

June 5, 2012

Sputter Sputter … There’s a Fill Flash Tool in Photoshop Now?

I’m scratching my head at this one, as I haven’t seen anything about this (and a web search didn’t bring me any more info), but over on the National Press Photographers Associations’ Ethics Matter blog, John Long, Peter Southwick and Steven Raymer have all chimed in about the ethical issues regarding using a digital fill flash tool. There have been...

Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

June 1, 2012

Video In Demand at the Wall Street Journal

Over at the Nieman Lab web site, Adrienne LaFrance has the story about how the Wall Street Journal needs to produce more videos to satisfy advertiser demands.   Think about that – the Wall Street Journal, which 20 years ago didn’t even run photographs, has more demand for video advertising space than it can handle and is launching new products...

Categories Multimedia

May 31, 2012

Syracuse University Student Killed While Reporting in Syria

The Daily Orange is reporting that Syracuse University graduate student Bassel Al Shahade was killed while filming government attacks on citizens in Homs, Syria. Al Shahade was a graduate student in the university’s College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Categories At Work/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video

May 31, 2012

NPPA Best of Photojournalism Awards Announced

The National Press Photographers Association announced this year’s Best of Photojournalism awards. From the release:   Ross Taylor of The Virginian-Pilot was named today as the National Press Photographers Association’s Best Of Photojournalism 2012 Photojournalist of the Year (Larger Markets), and David Weatherwax of The Herald, in Jasper, IN, was picked as the Photojournalist of the Year (Smaller Markets). Freelancer...

Categories Competitions/Good Work/Photojournalism