June 28, 2011 Twitter for Newsrooms Not overly visual, but Twitter has released a set of resources for journalists called Twitter for Newsrooms. May be worth poking through on a hot summer evening. Categories Journalism/Tech Talk
June 28, 2011 What Students Should Do with Their Summer Break Michael P. King gives a list of tips over on the NPPA Visual Student blog about what photojournalism students should be doing this summer to improve their portfolio. I’d add a 13th: Make yourself uncomfortable. Self-assign yourself a project or single image that is so wildly beyond what you’re used to doing that it makes you sweat, that you can’t... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism
June 28, 2011 A Front Page Story Without a Headline Charles Apple at Copydesk.org writes about a stunning front page design at the Newark Star-Ledger – one that starts with the first three grafs and omits a headline entirely. It’s a powerful story, a powerful image and a powerful design – it catches you out, makes you think, forces you into the story. Categories Good Work/Graphic Design/Journalism
June 28, 2011 Psst … Look, Over There … I’ve started blogging for the National Press Photographers Association as the Gear Geek. Tools, tips and tricks for the trade, new post every Monday. Put it in your RSS reader. Categories Tech Talk
June 28, 2011 Africa by Air MediaStorm has published a short documentary by George Steinmetz, African Air. It’s a look at the continent as only Steinmetz sees it – usually from his powered paraglider, sailing above deserts and villages. Stunning imagery. Flying in a motorized paraglider over one of the most diverse continents in the world, George Steinmetz captures in his photographs the stunning beauty, potential... Categories Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism
June 27, 2011 UGA PJ Alum on NPR.org David W. Banks, a UGA alum and co-founder of Luceo Images, has a photo gallery up on the NPR Picture Show blog. He’s working on a project about his new hometown, Atlanta: I’ve found that Atlanta is in many ways defined by a past marred with racial tension and a craving for rapid development and progress. The city’s current identity... Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism
June 27, 2011 I Don’t Think Editors Like FCPX I’m … I’m just getting this sense … that maybe, maybe … they think Apple has turned against them? RABERCO: The Destruction of Final Cut Studio from Raber Umphenour on Vimeo. Of course, it could be that Apple promised to get Final Cut Pro X out by a certain date and shipped it missing a few things to hit that... Categories Tech Talk/Video
June 27, 2011 The Strobist Launches Boot Camp III David Hobby, more commonly known as The Strobist, has launched a summer photo project/contest. You’ll get five assignments over the course of the summer, to be posted to a Flickr group. Each will need to be limited to two speedlights to keep the costs reasonable. The first assignment came out this morning and it’s designed to get photographers out of... Categories Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
June 26, 2011 Not Kind to Copy Kind of Blue Over at the Online Photographer, Michael Johnston talks about a copyright infringement case that involves Jay Maisel’s iconic Miles Davis cover shot from Kind of Blue. Read his post, read the infringer’s post and you decide – derivative or transformative? Categories Ethics & Legal
June 25, 2011 Whoa … Google Docs to WordPress to Print at the Bangor Daily News Lauren Rabaino has a post up at Mediabistro on how the Bangor Daily News has streamlined their workflow to an amazing level. It’s pretty stunning how it works together as it’s all open-source solutions and they are sharing it with anyone who wants it. Has me thinking about whether this is something I should do for GradyJournal.com … hrmm …... Categories Graphic Design/Tech Talk