April 25, 2014 The Growth Curve of a Young Photojournalist Melissa Lyttle has put up a post on hitting the plateau as a photographer, something we all wrestle with. Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
April 25, 2014 Summer Habits My kids are wrapping up and getting ready to wonder off into the ether of either summer break or the future. Outside of the structure classes and deadlines, it can be hard to stay focused on learning. Doable, but complex to drive yourself to shoot and grow. Jeff Meyer over at PetaPixel gives us seven things to work on every... Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
April 25, 2014 They Are People, Not Subjects My good friend David LaBelle is at it again, this time talking about a man he met in New York City. I can point my camera “at” you or I make a picture “with” you. One is a cowardly drive-by shooting, while the other is a collaborative, shared experience. One objectifies, capturing subjects as objects, graphic elements in a broader... Categories Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
April 24, 2014 Geek Alert: The Best SD Cards Yeah, this is pretty geeky … how do you choose the best SD memory card? Kimber Streams at The Wirecutter has the answers. (Thanks to Michael Schwartz for the link.) Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk
April 23, 2014 Lighting 3,000 People Yes, you read that right – Gregory Heisler shot last week’s cover of Sports Illustrated featuring 3,000 Bostonians at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. And he lit it. How do you decide on the quality of light for 3,000 people? When you work with light, you have the ability to completely set a tone and a mood—people have... Categories Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
April 23, 2014 The Intern’s Plan We are just days away from freedom the end of the semester and that means a whole new grip of kids are heading out the door, ideals in hand and ready to rock their first internship or job. The vibe in the Photo Cave is a mix of shear fear at finishing up their final projects and overflowing enthusiasm for... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Photojournalism
April 21, 2014 Choosing How to Expose It’s the end of the semester and most of my kids have gotten exposure down – they’re making conscious choices about ISO, aperture and shutter speed and why certain combinations work for certain things. But it takes a lot of work to get them here … If I were to send them this piece by Michael Johnston over at The... Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory
April 16, 2014 By Us, For Them Two pieces floated through the ether to me this morning. The first is a personal essay by the Boston Globe’s John Tlumacki, reflecting on his coverage over the last year of the Boston Marathon attacks and subsequent recovery. His work on the recovery of the victims is just as strong as the work he produced last year – work that,... Categories Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
April 15, 2014 Local Talk on Covering Grief and Loss The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is hosting Jessica Handler on Thursday, April 17, for a luncheon talk on covering grief and loss. It’s free and there’s pizza, why wouldn’t you want to come? Categories Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
April 14, 2014 Making Something Great Sometime tomorrow, the Boston Globe will release a documentary on five runners who did finish last year’s Boston Marathon – and this could be amazing. For those in New England, it airs on NESN tonight at 9:30. Reporter Geoff Edgers and multimedia producer Darren Durlach were simply told, “Just make something great” by the Globe’s editor, Brian McGrory. I hope... Categories Photojournalism/Video