Author: Mark E. Johnson

November 9, 2011

From Documenting Abuse to Advocating for Departure

Donna Ferrato’s images of domestic abuse shocked a nation when here book Living with the Enemy was first published. It has been reprinted several times and she’s given hundreds of lectures about domestic abuse over the years. Now, according to a New York Times Lens blog entry, she’s turning her attention to encouraging the victims to get out of those...

Categories Craft/Photojournalism

November 8, 2011

CPOY WInning Images Now Online

The winning images from this year’s College Photographer of the Year competition have been posted online. Students, go spend some time on these. That’s the standard by which you’re being judged right now. What do you see?

Categories Competitions/Photojournalism

November 8, 2011

Canon’s Newest Video Camera

Announced last week, the EOS C300 looks like a stunning evolution of the video camera by Canon. The cost is, um, prohibitive, at $20,000 for just the body but it looks like a really sweet piece of kit. Check out this Vincent Laforet interview from Engadget for some more info: And the obligatory movie. Mobius: Mobius – 1080p HQ from...

Categories Tech Talk/Video

November 8, 2011

First Tim Hetherington Grant Winner Announced

Photo District News has a story up reporting that Stephen Ferry has received the first Tim Hetherington Grant to continue work on his project, Violentology: A Manual of the Columbian Conflict. There were 222 applicants, according to the story. Hetherington was killed in Libya earlier this year.

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Competitions

November 7, 2011

Choices, Too Many Local Choices

Two big talks, both scheduled for the University of Georgia campus this Friday, November 11. At 2:30, in Mahler Auditorium at the Georgia Center, Swedish photographer Mattias Klum will be talking about The Big Picture: Communicating Conservation in a Complex World. At 3:00, ESPN Executive Vice President John Walsh will be speaking at the Chapel on Sports and Journalism in...

Categories Advice & Learning/Journalism/Photojournalism

November 7, 2011

Platypus Workshops Scheduled for Italy and Texas

The Platypus Workshops, perhaps the original multimedia training program, has announced their first two 2012 workshops – in Florence, Italy, in March and San Marcos, Texas, in May.

Categories Advice & Learning/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

November 6, 2011

Next NPPA Student Chat on Networking

Don’t forget to head over to the National Press Photographers Association’s Visual Student blog tonight at 9 p.m. EST for a chat on how to network. Join President Sean Elliot, board member and A Photo a Day founder Melissa Lyttle, Student Chair Bettina Hansen, Student Chapters Chair Michael King and Student rep Maddie McGarvey as they talk about how to...

Categories Journalism/Photojournalism

November 6, 2011

Time Check

Your computer and phone have probably already updated and you’ll spend most of this morning staring at the other digital clocks in your home, trying to roll them back an hour. Don’t forget to update the clocks in your cameras. Dig through the menu to find the time setting and get those rolled back an hour, too. It surprises me...

Categories Tech Talk

November 4, 2011

Revisiting Life at 75

NPR has a story up looking back at Life magazine’s first issue as it’s 75th anniversary comes up. There’s a new book, too, looking back called 75 Years: The Very Best of Life. Think I’ll be ordering a book tonight …

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism

November 3, 2011

Next NPPA Visual Student Chat on Networking

FYI … All through your life, you’ve been told that who you know is just as important as what you know. But how do you find those people to know? For starters, it’s more than handing out business cards at a conference. On Sunday, Nov. 6 at 9 p.m. the NPPA will host its next Student Chat on the Visual...

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry