November 26, 2013 Morel Jurors Speak Over at Photo District News, David Walker has a good wrap up of the Daniel Morel copyright case, including some comments from a juror. Worth a read. Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
November 26, 2013 USA Today, Tacoma News Tribune Vow to Stop Using White House Handout Photos This issue is picking up steam – which is a very good thing. Andrew Beaujon at the Poynter Institute is reporting that USA Today and the Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune will no longer be using handout photos from the White House. Love the line from the Associated Press’ Santiago Lyon that those photos are “visual press releases.” Would you ever... Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
November 26, 2013 Gear Week: Full Frame of Crop Sensor? Throughout the week, I’m writing a series of posts about buying gear. As we near the end of the semester with graduations and holidays approaching, the number of questions I get from students about putting together a kit skyrockets. When it comes to professional-class cameras, there are two distinct options within each of the major manufacturers lines: full frame or... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
November 25, 2013 Gear Week: New or Used? Throughout the week, I’m going to write a series of posts about buying gear. As we near the end of the semester with graduations and holidays approaching, the number of questions I get from students about putting together a kit skyrockets. I am, by nature and nurture, cheap. Or, as we would say in my native New England, frugal. Or,... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
November 25, 2013 Sun-Times to Rehire Some Photojournalists? My colleague Barry Hollander pointed me to this pice by Robert Feder about the Chicago Sun-Times and its union reaching a tentative union contract agreement. According to Feder, the deal includes a clause to rehire some of the photojournalists whose positions were eliminated earlier this year. I wonder if Feder saw it on a white board … Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism
November 25, 2013 This? This is Not Okay I don’t care what happened before this moment, but this is not okay. You never lay a hand on another journalist. Ever. (Thanks to Prof. Welch Suggs for the link.) Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism
November 24, 2013 Gear Week: Where to Buy Throughout the week, I’m going to write a series of posts about buying gear. As we near the end of the semester with graduations and holidays approaching, the number of questions I get from students about putting together a kit skyrockets. This is the first one, following will be entries on the types of cameras out there, lenses, specific bodies,... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory
November 23, 2013 Photoshop and Lightroom for Cheap There has been much consternation amongst the visual masses over Adobe’s decision to move to a subscription model. I’ve run the numbers in the past and think it’s not a horrible deal. But this makes it much sweeter: If you sign up by December 2, you can get Photoshop and Lightroom for $10 a month on an annual contract. Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
November 22, 2013 Well, This Wasn’t Petty … A few days after three dozen news organizations sent a letter to the White House complaining about access, the White House releases a photo of photojournalists in the Oval Office. It is not being received very well … (Thanks to Mickey Osterreicher for the link.) Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
November 22, 2013 Morel Awarded $1.22 Million in Copyright Case Reports are out (National Press Photographers Association and Reuters) that a jury has found for Daniel Morel in his copyright case against Agence France-Presse and Getty Images, awarding him $1.22 million in damages. Morel claimed that AFP picked up his images of the 2010 Haitian earthquake from Twitter and distributed them to their subscribers and Getty without securing a license.... Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism