Author: Mark E. Johnson

January 5, 2011

White House Internship

FYI, the deadline for applying for the White House Internship program is coming up this Sunday, January 9. Get your stuff in if you’re interested, that could be a cool way to spend the summer.

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry

January 5, 2011

Finding Life in Empty Alleys

Far away from Athens, but co-conspirator Tim Atherton has an exhibit titled Traces – alleyways and spandrels up at the McCullen Art Gallery in Edmonton through January 28. (That’s the Edmonton in Canada, for those who are geographically challenged.) The set of images look at people’s lives from the backyard, the side of their homes they don’t expect to have...

Categories Good Work/Photojournalism

January 5, 2011

NPPA to Offer Tuition Grants for Educational Programs

I know, another National Press Photographers Association post … but this one involves getting money for educational conferences and workshops. Take a look, see if you qualify and then put in a request. Maybe I’ll see you at the Northern Short Course in March.

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

January 5, 2011

NPPA Best of Photojournalism Call for Entries

The National Press Photographers Association has put out their call for entries for the 2011 Best of Photojournalism awards. Get your portfolios and best images together and get going–entry deadline is January 28.

Categories Competitions

January 5, 2011

Manifestations of Moments in Time

The end of the year brings a blitz of “the year in pictures” packages. I did them, too, when I was shooting and editing. They are a nice way to look back, see what you did and, more importantly, see what your community did. But my old friend Scott Bryant took a different turn with his year-end package. He’s the...

Categories Craft/Good Work/Journalism

January 3, 2011

Photo Editing Tips

For those crossing over from the pure design side to now having to select the photographic elements, Kathy McInernery on the Society for Newspaper Design site has summed up a presentation by the Denver Post’s Jeff Neumann. Neumann, the lead designer at the Post, in turn posted his presentation on his web site for all to see. If you will...

Categories Graphic Design

January 3, 2011

The Photographic Resolution

The resolving power of modern cameras is pretty stunning to me. When the transition from film to digital was just beginning, the state of the art in scanners could do a 2000 dpi scan of a negative. Digital will never come close to this, we said as we (silently) lusted after the original Kodak/Associated Press NC-2000. That camera produced a...

Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work

January 1, 2011

NPPA Humanitarian Award Given to John David Mercer

John David Mercer is the photojournalist who spotted a fire at a roadside hotel, stopped, told the manager and then banged on the doors of guests to get them outside. Highly deserved.

Categories Journalism

January 1, 2011

For 2011, Tell Stories That Matter

Citizen journalism. This isn’t the first time that phrase has slithered out of my fingers and, unfortunately, I’m sure it won’t be the last. But it’s a phrase I want to start with because there are a lot of people decrying the future of my profession and using that as the excuse. Those who have read me, listened to me...

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

January 1, 2011

UPDATE: Arrest in Macon Photographer Assault

Malik Brown was arrested (then released after posting bond) in the assault on the Macon Telegraph’s Woody Marshall earlier this week. There still appears to be a difference of opinion on how this whole thing started.

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal