Author: Mark E. Johnson

February 9, 2012

Kodak is Out of the Camera Business

An extension of already bad news, I suppose, but Reuters is now reporting that Eastman Kodak Company is planning to stop production of all cameras – still and video – as well as digital picture frames. The company that put cameras in the hands of the masses … it’s just sad, really.

Categories Business & Industry/Tech Talk

February 9, 2012

Is it the Camera or the Photo?

(Thanks to Jason Flynn for the link.)

Categories Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

February 8, 2012

NPPA Best of Photojournalism Television Judging

FYI, for the locals, the television judging for the National Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism will be held March 15-18 at the University of South Carolina. It’s an open process, think about heading up there to watch a day or two of this.

Categories Competitions/Video

February 8, 2012

Gear Lust

Okay, everyone else may be salivating over the upcoming Nikon D4 or D800, or perhaps it’s the Canon EOS 1D X that has your blood pressure rising. And that’s all fine – if either Canon or Nikon would like to send me one, I’d be more than happy to push its pixels around. But the message in my email box...

Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

February 8, 2012

The Education of Walter Iooss, Jr.

Sports Illustrated has posted an autobiographical piece by one of their legends, Walter Iooss, Jr. It’s a long read, but worth it as he tells tales of shooting the greats over the last 50 years. My self-aggrandizing moment: I assisted for Iooss once, in about 1995, on a shoot of Mo Vaughn at Fenway Park. Learned a ton, even if...

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

February 7, 2012

Nikon Introduces the D800

The rumor mill had been buzzing for a while, but it’s official – Nikon has announced it’s latest full frame camera, the D800 and the D800E. All you gear heads can start drooling now and telling each other that this camera is either: The One True Camera, Greater Than All Others and that without it no photographer can call themselves...

Categories Tech Talk

February 6, 2012

Lantern Slides of Washington State

The NPR Picture Show blog has a post up about the work of Asahel Curtis who, in the early 1900s, was shooting photos around Washington state. In the 1920s, he was commissioned by the Department of Conservation and Development to create a set of images to advertise the state. The images were hand-colored lantern slides, designed to be projected and...

Categories Good Work/Photojournalism

February 5, 2012

It’s Never Just One …

The Sacramento Bee has fired photojournalist Bryan Patrick. Patrick was suspended last week after allegations of photo manipulations were brought to the publication’s attention and, according to their note to readers, an investigation found multiple instances of image tampering.

Categories At Work

February 3, 2012

NSC Teach-a-thon

So, need another reason to attend the Northern Short Course? Ever heard me speak? Think I can teach anything in just seven minutes? Come find out.

Categories Advice & Learning

February 3, 2012

Digital Altering of a Photo Leads to Suspension at Sacramento Bee

The National Press Photographers Association is reporting that the Sacramento Bee has suspended photographer Bryan Patrick for digitally compositing two images into one. In a correction published on Wednesday evening, the publication also announced they are investigating the incident further. In a story on the Poynter Institute’s site, NPPA President Sean Elliot referred to the incident as a “betrayal.” An...

Categories Ethics & Legal/Thoughts & Theory