Author: Mark E. Johnson

January 5, 2016

The Last Peels

Elsa Dorfman is retiring after shooting with the same oversized Polaroid camera for 30 years.

Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

January 4, 2016

LUMIX Photojournalism Festival Awards

Another opportunity for students … the FREENESS Award for this year’s LUMIX Festival for Young Photojournalists.

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

January 4, 2016

NPPF Scholarships

The National Press Photographers Foundation is now taking applications for their 2016 scholarships. Application deadline is March 1 for each of the $2,000 awards.

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

December 24, 2015

The Why Behind the NY Times’ Year in Pictures

James Estrin put together an interview with The New York Times’ Meagan Looram and Jeffrey Scales, the photo editors who selected this year’s Year in Pictures. Q: What is a Pictures of the Year photo? How do you define that? Jeffrey: A masterfully crafted photograph. Use of frame, focus choices, compelling drama, the things that define great photography. Photojournalism, specifically....

Categories Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

December 10, 2015

Why Some Lenses Cost $1,799

We are at that point in the year where a bunch of kids are turning in their gear and need to go buy their own. It’s a wonderful support system we have here, but it also shelters them from understanding the costs of this stuff. Which means when they finally wander over to one of the online retailers and start...

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 10, 2015

Failing 719,999 Times

This is persistence – Alan Mcfadden took six years and 720,000 frames to get one photo. But, wow … so worth it.

Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism

December 2, 2015

Eye Tracking Your Obsession

Interesting video made by Canon to promote one of their printers … Not without some criticism, as well. I have a touch of experience with eye tracking (mostly from hanging around very smart people who do it like Sara Quinn and my college Bart Wojdynski), so I think this stuff is really cool. My dream is to take entries from...

Categories Advice & Learning/Graphic Design/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 2, 2015

Where the Tourists Are

Interesting piece at Time by Olivier Laurent and Josh Raab looking at the most Instagrammed places in America. Now we know where not to bring our cameras, I suppose.

Categories Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

December 2, 2015

Finding Your Color

I have a small list of photojournalists who never disappoint me, storytellers who always make me stop and stare, ponder what they’re showing me, force me to rearrange the neurons in my brain. Michael S. Williamson of the Washington Post is on that list. For years I’ve come back to his work, to his way of seeing, to understand my...

Categories At Work/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

December 1, 2015

Photoshelter’s Guide to Photo Contests

Updated for the 2016 competition season, worth plowing through as it gives you some insight into the benefits and risks of more than 30 contests worldwide.

Categories Competitions/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism