Mark E. Johnson – Page 214 – Visual Journalism

August 5, 2010

Permission, and then Prior Restraint in an LA Courtroom

Los Angeles Times photographer Al Seib requested permission, in writing, from Judge Hilleri G. Merritt to photograph the arraignment of Alberd Tersargyan and was given the okay. During the arraignment, the judge (based on requests from lawyers involved) rescinded permission – and then told Seib he was not allowed to publish the images he had already made, according to an...

Ethics & Legal

August 5, 2010

Will it Blend?

You’ve all seen the series of YouTube videos from Blendtec, where they blend up everything from iPhones to marbles. Now, they seem to have partnered with Olympus … My desire for an Olympus Pen just keeps growing … (Thanks to my old friend Alexander Koromilas for the link.)

Tech Talk

August 4, 2010

The Mountain Workshops

Passing this along … Be sure to apply by Sept. 15 to receive the early bird discount and reserve your spot. Here’s the current roster of the Photojournalism coaches for the 2010 Mountain Workshops: Rick Loomis – Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer at the LA Times James Gregg – Photojournalist of the Year 2009 (smaller markets), recently joined the San Diego Union-Tribune...

Advice & Learning

August 3, 2010

Some Photographs of the Day

Jennifer Cisney, Kodak’s Chief Blogger, linked, indirectly, to this collection of photos done by Jamie Livingston and it’s worth spending some time on. Actually, she linked to Chris Higgins’ post about the story behind the images, so I’d start there. It’s an awesome collection – for 18 years, Livingston shot one Polaroid photo every day. Right up until the day...

Good Work

July 31, 2010

Shoot a Magazine Cover of an iPhone … with an iPhone

No, really – use a cell phone to shoot a full-size magazine cover. Pixel-peepers the world over are cringing right now, but Peter Belanger shot the current Macworld cover with his new iPhone 4. And didn’t retouch it, either. See, it isn’t the camera, is it? As Ansel Adams said, “The single most important component of a camera is the twelve...

Craft/Good Work/Tech Talk

July 31, 2010

The 1930s and 1940s, in Color

I’ve posted links to some similar collections, but the Denver Post has, again, eclipsed everyone else with their collection of color images from the 1930s and 1940s. Maybe it’s just me, but these images are fascinating because we’re so used to seeing the subjects in black and white.

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

July 30, 2010

The Reasoning Behind Time Magazine’s Cover Choice

Time managing editor Richard Stengal explains why they made the decision to use a portrait of a young woman who has had her nose and ears cut off by the Taliban. The photo, by Jodi Bieber, is an arresting image – the soft light and simple composition draw you in before you realize what it is that you’re looking at.

Good Work

July 29, 2010

Video for the Small Screen

Do past thoughts on video still apply for mobile platforms? It would seem so … and a lot of those still apply to desktop- or laptop-watched video, too. (Picked up from Richard Koci Hernandez’s Twitter stream.)

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk/Video

July 29, 2010

Colorama Returns

Kodak has taken the massive backlit displays it used to feature in New York City’s Grand Central Station and sent them to the Eastman House Museum. If you’re in e Rochester area, I would highly recommend taking a look.

Craft/Good Work/Tech Talk

July 29, 2010

Garage Sale Find in Doubt

Rick Norsigian may not be so lucky of a man. Norsigian, you may recall, is the fellow who claimed to have possession of a lost batch of Ansel Adams’ negatives with a purported value of $200 million. Now, Adams’ grandson and others are questioning whether the negatives were actually made by the master photographer. It’s getting ugly …

Business & Industry/Craft

Author: Mark E. Johnson

Permission, and then Prior Restraint in an LA Courtroom

Will it Blend?

The Mountain Workshops

Some Photographs of the Day

Shoot a Magazine Cover of an iPhone … with an iPhone

The 1930s and 1940s, in Color

The Reasoning Behind Time Magazine’s Cover Choice

Video for the Small Screen

Colorama Returns

Garage Sale Find in Doubt