Mark E. Johnson – Page 55 – Visual Journalism

February 14, 2014

Eight Percent of World Press Photo Finalists Disqualified

You read that right – eight to nine percent of all the entries in this year’s World Press Photo competition were disqualified for being “materially or substantially changed.” To the judges – THANK YOU. Thank you for standing up for ethics and honest reportage.

Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

February 14, 2014

The Cost to Photojournalism Seen Through Competitions

Interesting comments from Gary Knight, one of the judges in the World Press Photo, over at the British Journal of Photography. These awards show the consequences of a lack of resources in the industry.

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism

February 13, 2014

10 Photographers to Ignore

And, by “ignore,” we mean learn from, not emulate … over at Wired.com, they put together a list of ten photographers who too many people try to copy and why you shouldn’t.

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

February 13, 2014

The Rules Were Different … For Smith

Ben Cosgrove looks into one of W. Eugene Smith’s iconic stories for Life magazine on Dr. Albert Schweitzer. And it’s the last graf that has me pondering … W. Eugene Smith, on the other hand, has largely escaped such censure for one reason, and one reason only: he was W. Eugene Smith, and for better or worse, when it comes...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

February 12, 2014

Interview with William Albert Allard

There is a level of documentary photography that I shall forever aspire to … because I fear I’ll never get there. At that level are folks like William Albert Allard, who was interviewed by Barbara Davidson for the Los Angeles Times’ reFramed blog. I approach a story the same way today as I did with my first assignment on the...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

February 11, 2014

How Technology Will Change the Look of Hollywood

I’ve been moving to more and more LED lights around the house. They’re still pricey, but they’re efficient and the light quality is pretty nice. Now some municipalities are switching streetlights over to LEDs for the same reason … and that can have some dramatic effects for our friends in the movie business.

Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video

February 11, 2014

Lens Guide

Probably not needed for most of the readers here, but point your friends to this piece by Simon Crisp on how to choose your next camera lens. *Thanks to Ken Kaminesky for the link.)

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

February 10, 2014

Photography Is One Little Hammer

Randy Olson talks about covering cultural differences. Reminding us it is not about photography, it’s about what you can do with photographs.

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism

February 7, 2014

Instagram and the AP’s Guttenfelder

I really wanted this piece to go so much deeper … the Associated Press’ David Guttenfelder talks about shooting and posting to Instagram.

Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk