Author: Mark E. Johnson

December 24, 2013

Post Holiday Project

For my kids, trapped at home, anxious to get back to shooting, here’s a challenge for you. ZUMA Press has published a series of images by Bryan Smith looking at discarded Christmas trees – how about tackling that before you head back to campus? I would move away from the Instagram-esque type images here, but look for ways to show...

Categories Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

December 20, 2013

Identifying Killers

Over at the Poynter Institute, Al Tompkins has a big-think piece on our practice of identifying the accused in mass murder cases. There is a lot to process in this piece. Does our incessant coverage of these stories fuel future ones? How do we balance the public’s right to know with our responsibility to build a better society? Spend some...

Categories Ethics & Legal/Journalism

December 18, 2013

The Photograph Is Only the Beginning

Great Proof piece with Marcus Beasdale at National Geographic. What a fantastic series.

Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

December 18, 2013

On Multiple Meanings

Great piece by Linda Holmes at NPR about Apple’s new holiday commercial and what it means to be disconnected from reality and engaged with technology. A lot to ponder there.

Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

December 18, 2013

Why Allen Loves Photography

A year or two ago, I got really lucky when Allen Murabayashi agreed to come speak to my kids here in Athens. He’s wicked smart, has more energy than a nuclear reactor and cares, deeply and passionately, about photography. He’s the kind of guy I really want to hang around with. Over at PhotoShelter, he’s posted his 54 Reasons to...

Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

December 17, 2013

WHNPA Eyes of History Student Contest Opens

The White House News Photographers Association’s Eyes of History competition has a student component and you can enter through Jan. 26, 2014. If you want to get your work in front of some of the top people in the industry, this is a pretty good way … There is an entry fee, so be wary of entering too much.

Categories Competitions/Photojournalism

December 15, 2013

Once Around

Neat piece by The New York Times’ Todd Heisler of a walking tour around Manhattan – 30 miles in a day. How many other places could do a piece like this?

Categories Good Work/Photojournalism

December 14, 2013

The End of (These) Times

As I am trying to wrap up this semester (still have gigabytes to go …), I really want to start thinking about what we’ll be doing next semester. Before I can do that, though, there’s a little physical and virtual cleaning around the office spaces that needs to get done. Over at ProfHacker, Natalie Houston’s post on 12 Ways to...

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Thoughts & Theory

December 12, 2013

PhotoShelter Webinat on Archiving and Metadata

PhotoShelter is offering a free webinar on Tuesday, Dec. 17, at 4 p.m. on archiving and metadata, something we all need to pay a lot of attention to. Go register. From the blurb: In this webinar you’ll learn: • 3 great techniques to make image archiving easier & faster • The power of using image metadata • Free tools you...

Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 12, 2013

Yet More on Visual News Releases

Santiago Lyon, vice president and director of photography for the Associated Press, has an op-ed piece in The New York Times about the current White House administration’s restrictive access policies to the president. If it feels like I’m posting about this all the time, it’s probably because I am – and because everyone needs to be aware of it. The...

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism