Mark E. Johnson – Page 45 – Visual Journalism

July 23, 2014

Saying No to Client Requests

Nice piece by Jeff Guyer at DIYPhotography about how to deal with client requests for all of your raw images. Nice rational here: I like pointing out to these clients that when their best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s uncle buys a novel, the price tag does not include all of the author’s rough drafts. Paintings and sculptures do not come with...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

July 22, 2014

Bloodletting in New York

Photo District News has the story of the nine photo department folks who were let go, including David Handschuh. Handschuh was crushed by debris from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Yeah, 27 years of and nearly his life, walked out the door. I’ll quote myself from almost a year ago: If journalism is the first draft of...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

July 19, 2014

Ask NPPA’s Lawyer Anything

Mickey Osterreicher, the National Press Photographers Association’s lawyer, will be doing a Reddit Ask Me Anything session today at 12 noon ET. Great opportunity to get a question answered or to see what other people are concerned about.

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

July 15, 2014

Monster Marks

First, disclosure: I have been friends with CJ Gunther for two decades. Was even in his wedding. I’m also an unabashed Red Sox fan who cherished my nine years of Fenway Park coverage. So when I see that my buddy CJ’s project on baseball impressions on the Green monster is being featured on National Geographic’s Proof blog … well, I’m...

At Work/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

July 14, 2014

Sound As Transport

This is a bit commercial, but the Music Bed has done a piece for RODE microphones on Passion for Sound. Passion For Sound from The Music Bed on Vimeo. (Thanks to Will Yurman for the link.)

Audio/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video

July 12, 2014

We Have Lost John Seigenthaler

While not a visual journalist, every one of us should pay attention to John Seigenthaler’s dedication to serving his community. I was luck enough to meet and talk with him several years ago at the First Amendment Center at Vanderbuilt University, a moment I’m sure slipped into his memory but resonates with me to this day.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism/Thoughts & Theory

July 11, 2014

Ed Kashi on the Direction and Quality of Light

Short interview with Ed Kashi done by Marc Silber where he talks about how he sees and interacts with people.

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

July 11, 2014

Wall Street Journal Takes on Hand Out Photos

There has been a long-running debate between the Washington press corp and the current presidential administration about photo access. The short version: the White House hired an accomplished photojournalist, Pete Souza, to be the president’s photographer and has been much more active in releasing photos from Souza to the press and public. Which seems like a good thing, except they...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

July 9, 2014

Playing With Music and Emotions

A few years back I did a talk at the Grandfather Mountain Camera Clinic titled, Photojournalism, Instagram and Artificial Authenticity. You can probably figure out where it went, that applying the latest filters to pristine images was playing with the emotions of your viewers, not helping them comprehend what was happening in the image before them. I am, after all,...

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

July 7, 2014

Speed Is Not the Survival Solution

I like Twitter, I like it’s variety and breadth. But to believe news needs to be fast is a fatal decision. News needs to be accurate and fair, not just fast or first. Latest example comes from photo site PetaPixel which was duped last week. As we tell students all the time, If your mother says she loves you, check...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism

Author: Mark E. Johnson