Mark E. Johnson – Page 87 – Visual Journalism

March 22, 2013

Format or Erase All?

I’ve always taught my students to reformat cards after they have downloaded and backed up their images. Occasionally, someone tells me I’m wrong … and, well, according to Michael Johnston over at the very well regarded The Online Photographer – I’m right. And for the right reason, too. So, to recap, when you put a card back in and need...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

March 22, 2013

Notes on Book Publishing

Yesterday, we had our second annual Business of Visual Journalism symposium here and one of our speakers, Laurie Shock from Shock Design, left a copy of her presentation to share. Since I had a lot of requests, I’ve posted it online. I did pull out a lot of the images she used because of some copyright concerns as well as...

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

March 21, 2013

The Business of Visual Journalism

Today’s the day … here’s the line up, all in the Drewry Room of Grady College. If you’re nearby, stop on in. 2, Billy Howard, talking about balancing commercial and personal work 3, Laurie Shock, talking about working with photographers on book and large projects 4, How Did You Get Here?, a panel of alumni talking about how they took...

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

March 20, 2013

Wow … Well, At Least They’re Honest About It

How would you like to get your work critiqued by professionals in an online chat session? Sounds pretty cool, just hashtag them on Instagram or Twitter and yours might get selected for a review by your friends at The Wall Street Journal. Just, you know, pay no attention to the disclaimer that is longer than the announcement and that tells...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

March 19, 2013

Your Shot, or Mine

Nice piece over at PetaPixel looking at James Hodgins marketing idea – let the client bring a camera, then compare their images to his. Certainly is making a case for hiring him.

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

March 19, 2013

Avoiding the Surface

Over at Wired.com, Jakob Schiller has a post up about Lisa Krantz, the San Antonio Express-News photojournalist who recently won her second Scripps Howard Award for photojournalism. Should you read it? Yes. Of course you should. Why else would I link to it? “Most people’s lives have a lot of depth and so the photos should show that,” Krantz says....

Craft/Photojournalism

March 18, 2013

Nature vs. Nurture

Nice post by my friend Stanley Leary about the nature versus nurture debate in photography – are you born good or is it that you just have a nice camera? The answer? Neither. I believe it is the combination of nature and nurture that makes for the great photographers. What this means is that those who work hard and learn...

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

March 17, 2013

Are We Losing Photojournalism?

Yes, that’s practically a link-bait headline … but it mirrors one on an EPUK column by Graham Harrison titled The Year We Lost Sight of What Photography Can Achiece. If you haven’t read it yet, you must. You cannot read anything else about photojournalism nor even discuss it’s current state until you read that. Because, based on the we we...

Business & Industry/Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

March 17, 2013

Why We Need to Better Explain Copyright

The Detroit News has a story about about a copyright lawsuit filed by photographer Brian Masck. The story probably wouldn’t have made the news except it involves an iconic image, made by Masck, of a famous football player, Desmond Howard. What troubles me is not in the story, it’s in the comments – resounding evidence that the vast majority of...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

March 14, 2013

Once It Exists, It Exists

Poynter’s Andrew Beaujon has a piece up on one of Vice President Joseph Biden’s staffers ordering someone to delete images from their camera after a Maryland appearance. Um, no. The journalist in question owns those images, this is akin to the staffer walking up and demanding his coat and then destroying it – it’s vandalism, in a way. Thankfully, the...