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October 22, 2013

Ansel Adams: Master Marketer

Over at The New York Times’ Lens blog, Jonathan Blaustein takes a look at how Ansel Adams marketed himself with great results. Amazing how many of the techniques he used apply today. Shameless Sales Pitch: Think you need to get better at marketing? The NPPA’s Busines Blitz will be here in Athens this Saturday, October 16, with a section on...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

October 22, 2013

Journaling Your Destination

The University of Georgia has a neat program, started a few years ago, called the First Year Odyssey, made up of one-credit classes and every first year kid must take one. When they started, I tossed some ideas into the ring – the courses are designed by faculty to introduce students to their area of expertise. None of my ideas...

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

October 21, 2013

When Going Pro Means Shooting Less

The ever-erudite Michael Johnston over at The Online Photographer writes that the only thing he wants to do is work, but that he hasn’t really done that since he was a student. He makes an excellent point – I probably shot a lot more when I was a student because it consumed me completely. There wasn’t an assignment from The...

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

October 19, 2013

WHNPA Student Photo Contest

As a heads up, getting close to the opening of entries for the 2014 White House News Photographers Association’s Student Contest. Rules will be posted in early November, but take a look at past winners to see what it’s like.

Competitions/Photojournalism

October 17, 2013

NPPA Student Quarterly Clip Winners

The last round of winners in the National Press Photographers Association’s Student Quarterly Clip Contest have ben posted. These images were made between May and July, all students should spend some time looking to see what the standard is for photojournalism images right now. The next deadline is November 7 for images made in August, September and October – start...

Advice & Learning/Competitions/Photojournalism

October 16, 2013

The iPhone is Good, But …

… not that good. Looking at the samples, I see: Lack of sharpness Blown highlights Out of control backgrounds Loose compositions Ghosting Oversaturation So, no. It’s not there. Ten frames per second does not make a sports camera. (Thanks to Steven Sande at The Unofficial Apple Weblog for the link.)

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 16, 2013

Sports Photo of the Year?

There are some compelling argument to be made that Stan Grossfeld’s shot from Sunday night’s Red Sox-Tigers ball game is the sports photo of the year. Time’s Sean Gregory has the story behind the photo. Love this quote: “Most people, with this digital stuff, look at the back of the camera,” says Grossfeld, 61. “I’m an old film guy, so...

Good Work/Photojournalism

October 15, 2013

Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Early Registration Ends Tonight

Yep, early registration for the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar ends at midnight tonight – log in, get your tickets and get ready to learn. I can’t make all three days, but I’ll be there for Saturday’s speaker lineup. Want to see mind glowingly good portraiture? They’ve got Gregory Heisler. Sports your thing? Brad Smith from Sports Illustrated is on tap. Coverage...

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism

October 15, 2013

Drone Photography Webinar

Hmmm … this looks like it’ll be cool: PhotoShelter has Eric Cheng doing a drone photography webinar on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. ET. No charge, as usual.