Author: Mark E. Johnson

January 11, 2008

"Uprooted: Flicks Mobile Home Park"

This piece, shot by the San Jose Mercury News’ Dai Sugano, on a mobile home park that’s being closed so the land can be redeveloped, is amazingly well done. The story, pacing and tone all match perfectly – it is, to be honest, hard to watch in some places because of the emotions at play. You’ll need some time –...

Categories Good Work/Multimedia/Tech Talk

January 11, 2008

Lumix Festival for Young Fotojournalism 2008

Passing this along … looks like we could submit up to three packages/essays for consideration. From the 18th till the 21st of June 2008 the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover organizes in cooperation with the German organization of photojournalists FreeLens the Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism on the expo area in Hannover. Photography students and young professionals from...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry

January 11, 2008

Great Quotes

I seem to collect them, so maybe I should do something with them … so, new category today: Quoted. Michal Johnston, over at The Online Photographer, popped this one into my RSS feed this morning: All the technique in the world doesn’t compensate for an inability to notice.—Elliott Erwitt (For some other quotes, take a look at an end-of-semester post...

Categories Advice & Learning

January 10, 2008

Stolen Pug (photo)

This time it’s Fox stealing photos from online … and then telling you the broadcast you’re watching is copyrighted. Oh, the irony …

Categories Ethics & Legal

January 9, 2008

Best of Photojournalism 2008

Entries are now being accepted for the National Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism competition. There is no entry fee. So why wouldn’t you enter?

Categories Competitions

January 7, 2008

The TRUE story of Dixville Notch

Okay, we should not be proud of this story of the press manipulating time for their own means … but it’s a great story. Bill Greene at the Boston Globe takes a look at how Dixville Notch, N.H., garnered its “first in the nation” reputation for primary voting. For what it’s worth, I did the Dixville Notch shoot for Agence...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Multimedia/Tech Talk

January 5, 2008

Estimates & Bids

John Harrington – who may be doing more for the photography business than the rest of us combined – has a new web site/blog called Estimates and Bids. It’s designed so users can post the requests they got for work, then other users can respond with how much their estimate or bid would be for the same job. As freelancers,...

Categories Business & Industry

January 5, 2008

How Not to Negotiate

(Thanks to John Harrington’s Photo Business News for the link.)

Categories Business & Industry

December 26, 2007

Sports Shooter Academy V – March 5-9

Passing this along … I’ve heard from several people that this is well worth your time and money to attend … SPORTS SHOOTER ACADEMY V SET FOR MARCH 5 – 9, 2008 Sports Shooter Academy V will be held March 5-9, 2008 in Orange County, California. This hands-on, 5-day shooting workshop will have the “best schedule of events ever,” according...

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

December 26, 2007

Carolina Sports Photojournalism Workshop

This has been sitting on my to-post list for a while, but back in November, the University of North Carolina hosted a sports photojournalism workshop. Images from the weekend are posted online for your perusal. Additionally, they have a blog where they’re posting content from class shoot-offs. I like this idea and, if there’s interest, think we’ll incorporate it into...

Categories Competitions/Good Work/Photojournalism