Mark E. Johnson – Page 227 – Visual Journalism

March 6, 2010

Co-oping Gear

David Hobby posed a question on his site, The Strobist, today asking whether photographers were starting up their own co-operatives to share equipment. It’s a great question. If you live in a big city you probably have access to rental houses. And, if you live in a smaller community, you can do online lens rentals where they ship you stuff....

Business & Industry/Tech Talk

March 5, 2010

Saving Newspaper

Not a typo – we need to save the newspaper itself and, by extension, the industry. At least according to this panel on The Onion. How Will The End Of Print Journalism Affect Old Loons Who Hoard Newspapers? (Thanks to David Noah for the link and laugh.) (It’s a joke, you are supposed to laugh.)

Thoughts & Theory

March 4, 2010

This Is Almost Illegal …

I figured putting the title “Camera P 0 r n” up there would wreak all kinds of SEO havoc, but that’s sort of what this is – a collection of Nikon F cameras and lenses owned by one guy. Aren’t those brassed black bodies just beautiful? I’m afraid we’ll never see cameras with that gorgeous of a patina again …...

Tech Talk

March 4, 2010

Losing Class

There are a lot of things that happen during my photojournalism classes – philosophy and sociology discussions, rambles about roads, ponderings on psychology. Sometimes, they even relate to photojournalism … but today, well, today we went off track. Every week we do a “VizCamp” – it’s a 10-15 minute presentation by a student on something they think everyone else should...

Advice & Learning/Thoughts & Theory

March 3, 2010

Student Outs Self in Contest

A student who used the California shield laws to protect himself last year and had remained anonymous for his own safety has outed himself in the College Photographer of the Year competition.

Competitions/Ethics & Legal

March 1, 2010

White House News Photographers Association’s Student Photo Contest

FYI … The WHNPA Student Photographer of the Year 2010 Contest is now open and entries will be accepted until March 17 at midnight. Students from all over the world are eligible and the winner receives a $1000 award among other great prizes. Please help WHNPA by passing this info on to any professors, colleges and students you might know....

Competitions

February 28, 2010

Olympic Pictograms

Steven Heller at the New York Times takes a neat look at the history of the Olympic event icons that have been used over the last century or so. Some are pretty weird, but some are pretty cool – and this is a great way to present them. It’s informative (as it should be) and visually interesting, creating a nice...

Good Work

February 27, 2010

Editing and Dining

Some more images of editors working with students and some frames from a very dark dinner …

Advice & Learning/Good Work

February 26, 2010

Scenes from Elberton

We are on the road … 16 students, six editors and me, holed up in Elbert County, Ga., for the weekend. Lots of conversations in the room, lots of learning. More images to come …

Advice & Learning/Good Work

February 25, 2010

Pogue, PopPhoto and Photoshop

That’s David Pogue, of the New York Times, Popular Photography and the ubiquitous Adobe Photoshop, where Pogue is talking about the ethics of Photoshop and when a photo is no longer a photo.

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal

Author: Mark E. Johnson